彗

See also: 篲

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 甡 + 又 (“hand”)

To hold a broom which is made of bamboo.

Han character

彗 (radical 58 彐+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一 (QJSM), four-corner 5517₄, composition ⿱⿰丰丰彐)

1. broomstick
2. comet

Derived terms

• 慧, 嘒, 𦄑, 槥, 熭, 䨮, 鏏

References

• KangXi: page 362, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9927
• Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 961, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5F57

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		彗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶, wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hui⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶, wai⁶
    • Yale: seuih, waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soei⁶, wai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²²/, /wɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (彗, reconstructed)
Character (彗), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 邪 (17) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 徐醉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ziuɪH/	/zwiH/	/zuiH/	/zʷiH/	/zwiH/	/zwiH/	/zjuɪH/
Character (彗), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 云 (35) Final: 祭 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 于歲切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦiuᴇiH/	/i̯wɛiH/	/ɣiuɛiH/	/ɦʷiɛiH/	/ɦwiajH/	/ɣĭwɛiH/	/ɣiuæiH/
Character (彗), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 邪 (17) Final: 祭 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 祥歲切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ziuᴇiH/	/zi̯wɛiH/	/ziuɛiH/	/zʷiɛiH/	/zwiajH/	/zĭwɛiH/	/ziuæiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (彗, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
彗								huì								‹ zjwejH ›								/*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s/								broom; comet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
彗					5462					彗					祭					2					篲					/*sɢʷeds/
彗					5467					彗					祭					2					衞					/*ɢʷeds/
彗					5475					彗					至					1					遂					/*sɢʷids/

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Japanese

Kanji

彗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: すい (sui), けい (kei), え (e)
• Kun: ほうき (houki)

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Korean

Hanja

彗 (hye, se) (hangeul 혜, 세, revised hye, se, McCune-Reischauer hye, se, Yale hyey, sey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

彗 (tuệ)

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