broom
箒 centers on a tool for sweeping: a broom. The meaning is straightforward and concrete.
箒 combines 竹 (bamboo) and 帚 (broom), suggesting a broom made from bamboo. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component relationship is clear.
The top 竹 is bamboo, and the bottom 帚 looks like a hand holding a bundle of bristles. Picture a bamboo broom sweeping the floor.
For ソウ, imagine sweeping with a broom while humming a soft 'so' sound: so -> ソウ, as you sweep away the dust.
broom
whisk broom
whisk broom
hemp-palm broom
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
sweet basil
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum); tulasi; thulasi; tulsi
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
broom marks (on swept ground)
clustered coral (Ramaria botrytis); pink-tipped coral mushroom
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
phoronid (any wormlike animal of phylum Phoronida)
feather duster; feather brush
Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)
broom
Xenograpsus novaeinsularis (crab species)
Pertya scandens (species of aster)