篲

篲 U+7BF2, 篲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BF2 ← 篱 [U+7BF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 篳 → [U+7BF3]

Translingual

Han character

篲 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹手十一 (HQJM) or 竹手十尸 (HQJS), four-corner 8817₁, composition ⿱𥫗彗)

Derived characters

• 𥶬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 895, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26392
• Dae Jaweon: page 1322, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3005, character 22
• Unihan data for U+7BF2

Chinese

trad.		篲
simp. #		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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶, seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶, seoi⁶
    • Yale: waih, seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶, soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶, sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/, /sɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: zjwejH

Rime
Character	篲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	祥歲切
Baxter	zjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ziuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwiajH/
Li Rong	/ziuɛiH/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷeds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	篲
Reading #	1/1
No.	5463
Phonetic component	彗
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	篲
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷeds/

Definitions

篲

1. (literary) Alternative form of 彗 (“broomstick”)
2. (literary) to sweep

Compounds

• 剪莽擁篲／剪莽拥篲
• 擁篲／拥篲
• 擁篲清道／拥篲清道
• 篲竹

 

Japanese

Kanji

篲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. broom

   Synonym: 彗

2. to sweep

Readings

From Middle Chinese 篲 (MC zjwejH); compare Mandarin 篲 (suì):

• Go-on: ぜい (zei)^{←ぜい (zei, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)^{←せい (sei, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 篲 (MC zwijH):

• Go-on: すい (sui)^{←すい (sui, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すい (sui, historical)}

Unknown: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• On (unclassified): え (e); けい (kei)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: はく (haku, 篲く); はらう (harau, 篲う)^{←はらふ (farafu, 篲ふ, historical)}; ほうき (hōki, 篲)