# 彗

| 彗 | U+5F57, &#24407; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F57 |
| ← 彖 [U+5F56] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 彘 → [U+5F58] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彗 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一 (QJSM), four-corner 5517$_4$, composition ⿱⿰丰丰𫜹 or ⿱⿰丰丰⺕)

#### Derived terms

* 嘒 㨹 暳 槥 㻰 轊(𫐕) 鏏(𬭬) 䵻 篲 蔧 䨮 慧 熭
* 𢄣 𢟩 𦄑 𦒄 𮔷 𩏚 𫳯 𣊄 𢑹

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彗 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 甡 (“broom”) + 又 (“hand”) – to hold a broom which is made of bamboo.

### Etymology 1

Sagart (2021) modifies Baxter and Sagart's (2014) reconstruction to *sə-m-pʰˤut-s, deriving it from a root *pʰˤut (“dust”), with the iambic form of the prefix *s-, which derives circumstantial nouns, and the prefix *m-, which derives verbs of volitional action from nouns, and relates it to 勃 (OC *bɯːd) and 孛 (OC *bɯːds, *bɯːd).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huì, suì (hui$^4$, sui$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai$^6$ / seoi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fii$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hui$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): hṳ̄
* Eastern Min (BUC): hiê / suói / uói
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^4$
*** Yale: hwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, dated variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suèi
*** Wade–Giles: sui$^4$
*** Yale: swèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
*** Palladius: суй (suj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hui$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
*** Sinological IPA : /xuei²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^6$ / seoi$^6$
*** Yale: waih / seuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$ / soey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$ / sêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²²/, /sɵy̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fii$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɨi¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /xy⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê / suói / uói
*** Sinological IPA : /hiɛ²⁴²/, /sui²¹³/, /ui²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
*** Tâi-lô: huī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hui
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we
*** MiniDict: we$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɸe̞i̯⁴⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit彗 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /xuei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /xuei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /xuei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /xue⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /xuei³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /xuei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /xuɨ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /xuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /xuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /xuei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /xuei³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /xuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /xuei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /xuei²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /xuəi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /xue⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuei⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /xuei⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦue²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɦue̞³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦui¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /vu²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /xue²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /xuə⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɸəi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fi⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /fui⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɐi²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wɐi²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wɐi²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sui²²/ /hui²²/ 俗 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /suɔi²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xy⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hui³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hui³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: zwijH, zjwejH
Rime :
| Character | 彗 | 彗 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) | 祭 (36) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 徐醉切 | 祥歲切 |
| Baxter | zwijH | zjwejH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuɪ$^H$/ | /ziuᴇi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷi$^H$/ | /zʷiɛi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuɪ$^H$/ | /ziuæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwi$^H$/ | /zwiaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /zui$^H$/ | /ziuɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /zwi$^H$/ | /zĭwɛi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zwi$^H$/ | /zi̯wɛi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | suì | suì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^6$ | seoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷeds/, /*sɢʷids/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 彗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjwej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s/ |
| English | 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 | 彗 | 彗 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 5462 | 5475 |
| Phonetic component | 彗 | 彗 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 至 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 篲 | 遂 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɢʷeds/ | /*sɢʷids/ |

#### Definitions

彗
* (literary) broom
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) comet
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sweep; to brush

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 彗星, 彗, 帚星, 欃槍, 掃星 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 彗星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 掃帚星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 掃帚星, 掃把星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 掃帚星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 掃把星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 掃把星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 掃帚星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 掃把星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 掃帚星 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 掃帚星 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 掃帚星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Qimen (Anling; Junhua) | 掃把星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 掃帚星 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 掃帚星 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 掃帚星 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 掃帚星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanbu | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 掃帚星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 掃帚星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 彗星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 彗星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 掃星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 火星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 笤帚星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 掃把星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 掃帚星 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 掃帚星 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 掃帚星 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 掃帚星 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 掃把星, 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 掃把星, 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Sam Mun Tsai; Tanka) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 掃把星, 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 星賴屎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 掃扒星 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鬼火 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 掃桿星 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 掃桿星 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 掃桿星 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 掃把星, 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 掃把星, 掃宅星 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 掃桿星 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 掃桿星 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 彗星, 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan (Danzhu) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 彗星 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 掃星 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Chongzuo (Laituan) | 魂頭星 |
| Cantonese | Fusui (Qujiu) | 魂頭星, 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Pingle (Majia) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Pingle (Shuishan) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 彗星, 掃桿把星 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 掃把星 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 彗星 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 掃帚星 |
| Gan | Pengze | 掃帚星 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 掃帚星 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 掃把星 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 祛把星 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 星瀉屎 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 彗星 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 桿掃星, 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 人殃頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 出人殃 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 天星過位 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 彗星 |
| Hakka | Changting | 掃帚星 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 星瀉屎 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 桿掃星 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 桿掃星 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 掃星 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 芒掃星 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 桿掃星 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 芒掃星 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 掃把星, 長尾星 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 掃把星, 長尾星 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 彗星, 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 彗星 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 彗星 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 掃把星 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 彗星 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 笤帚星, 掃帚星 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 笤帚星 |
| Huizhou | Qimen (Anling; Minhua) | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 掃帚星, 掃星 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Datong | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 亮星 |
| Jin | Linhe | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Jining | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Liangcheng | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Baotou | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 掃帚星 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 彗星 |
| Jin | Handan | 掃帚星 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 掃帚星 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 掃帚星, 筅帚星 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掃帚星, 拖尾星, 歹星 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 掃帚星, 賊星 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 掃帚星, 長尾星, 疶屎星, 落屎星, 反亂星, 反星 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 疶屎星, 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 掃帚星, 落屎星 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 掃帚星, 疶屎星 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 長尾星 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 彗星 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 掃茜星 |
| Southern Min | Hong Kong (Yuen Chau Tsai) | 掃把星 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 彗星 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 彗星 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 掃帚星 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 掃把星 |
| Southern Min | Wanning | 掃把星 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 掃帚星 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 掃帚星 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 掃帚星兒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 掃帚星 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 掃把星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 掃把星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 彗星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xiuxiang) | 掃把星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Sucun) | 掃把星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 彗星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 掃把星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Liucheng (Yangmei) | 彗星 |
| Southern Pinghua | Luocheng (Niubi) | 星子飆弓 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 掃巴星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 彗星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 彗星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 掃把星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dabu) | 流流星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Qianjing) | 掃桿星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 掃把星, 彗星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui) | 彗星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 掃桿星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 掃鼓星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) | 掃管子星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 掃把星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 掃把星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Pingle (Zhangjia) | 掃把星 |
| Northern Pinghua | Yangshuo (Jima) | 彗星 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 掃帚星 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Liangjiatan) | 掃帚星 |
| Waxiang | Chengbu (Xuntou) | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 彗星, 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Danyang | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 彗星 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 搽掃星, 妖星 |
| Wu | Longquan | 掃帚星 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 掃帚星, 笤帚星 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 掃把星 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 掃把星 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 掃帚星 |
| Xiang | Hengshan (Baiguo) | 彗星 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 彗星 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 彗星 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 掃把星 |

#### Compounds

* 周期彗星
* 哈雷彗星 (Hāléi huìxīng)
* 彗尾
* 彗星 (huìxīng)
* 彗氾畫塗 / 彗氾画涂
* 擁彗先驅 / 拥彗先驱
* 擁彗迎門 / 拥彗迎门
* 畢拉彗星 / 毕拉彗星
* 百武彗星

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèi, huì (wei$^4$, hui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$
*** Yale: wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^4$
*** Yale: hwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^6$
*** Yale: waih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: hjwejH
Rime :
| Character | 彗 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (38) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于歲切 |
| Baxter | hjwejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠiuᴇi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚiei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦjwiaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣjuɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɛi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wɛi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷeds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 彗 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 5467 |
| Phonetic component | 彗 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 衞 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷeds/ |

#### Definitions

彗
* Alternative form of 熭 (wèi)

#### Compounds

* 日中必彗

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* comet
* broom
    Synonym: 篲
* to sweep

#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 彗 (MC zwijH); compare Mandarin 彗 (suì, huì):
* Go-on: ずい (zui)
* Kan-on: すい (sui)
From Middle Chinese 彗 (MC zjwejH):
* Go-on: ぜい (zei)
* Kan-on: せい (sei)
From native Japanese roots:
* Kun: はく (haku, 彗く)、ほうき (hōki, 彗)

#### Compounds

* 彗(すい)星(せい) (suisei): comet
* 彗(すい)掃(そう) (suisō)
* 彗(すい)孛(はい) (suihai)
* 王(おう)彗(すい) (ōsui)
* 孛(はい)彗(すい) (haisui)
* 擁(よう)彗(すい) (yōsui)
* 妖(よう)彗(すい) (yōsui)

## Korean
### Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading, by analogy with 慧. The original readings are 수 (su) and 세 (se) based on Middle Chinese 彗 (MC zwijH|zjwejH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᄊᆔᆼ〮 (Yale: ssyúy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 篲/슈〯 (sywǔ) (Yale: syǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [çe̞(ː)] ~ [he̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [혜(ː)/헤(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 彗 (eumhun 살별 혜 (salbyeol hye))
* hanja form of 혜 (“comet”)

#### Compounds

* 혜성 (彗星, hyeseong)
* 혜성가 (彗星歌, Hyeseongga)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

彗: Hán Nôm readings: tuệ
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