彗

See also: 篲

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived terms

• 慧, 嘒, 𦄑, 槥, 熭, 䨮, 鏏

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		彗
simp. #		彗
alternative forms		篲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
櫘	*sqʰʷeds
彗	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids
篲	*sɢʷeds
鏏	*sɢʷeds
槥	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
轊	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
熭	*ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad
嘒	*qʰʷeːds
暳	*qʰʷeːds
嚖	*qʰʷeds
慧	*ɡʷeːds
蔧	*sɢʷids
雪	*sqʰʷed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) : 甡 (“broom”) + 又 (“hand”) – to hold a broom which is made of bamboo.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 彗

1. broomstick
2. comet

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Japanese

Kanji

彗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. comet

Readings

• Go-on: ずい (zui); ぜい (zei)
• Kan-on: すい (sui); せい (sei)
• Kun: ほうき (hōki, 彗)

Compounds

Compounds

• 彗星(すいせい) (suisei): comet

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. broomstick
2. comet

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Vietnamese

Han character

彗: Hán Nôm readings: tuệ

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