Chinese Character Wiki
彗

huì

broom

Pictograph of a hand holding broom.

Evolution

彗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
彗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彗 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
彗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

彗  

huì

broomstick; comet; broom

Most common words with 彗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

彗星

comet

彗

broom

哈雷彗星

Halley's Comet

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (3 verified)

习 習 雪 慧

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

翏

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

雪

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

习

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s

zjwejH

huì

broom; comet


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.8650% of movies

3128th most common character in movies

3591st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5F57

Shuowen

“彗，掃竹也。从又持甡。篲，彗或从竹。，古文彗，从竹从習。”


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