The story of 彗

broom

彗 depicts a hand holding several plants with luxuriant branches and leaves(丰), ancient Chinese used to use it as a broom or whisk, but besides comet, now we hardly use 彗 to represent the meaning of broom or whisk.

Vocabulary of 彗

  • 彗星 (comet
  • since comet has a broom-like tail)

Classification

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