彗
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Meaning: broom
💡 Picture a broom (彐) with a long handle sweeping stars (彗) across the night sky.
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Character Story & Explanation
彗 (huì) means 'broom,' originally depicting a hand holding a bundle of twigs. It appears in the word 彗星 (huìxīng, 'comet'), literally 'broom star,' reflecting the ancient Chinese view of comets as celestial brooms sweeping across the sky. This metaphor reveals how Chinese culture often maps everyday tools onto cosmic phenomena, blending the mundane with the vast.
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