翏
liù

to sweep away, to remove

Depicts a person (人) using a broom (彗) to sweep or remove things away. 彡 was added possibly as a decorative component.

Components

彗
彗 Iconic component
huì, suì broom

Depicts a broom. Modern form looks like unrelated 羽.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
彡
彡 Unknown component
shān, xiǎn hair

The purpose of this component is unclear. May have been added as a decorative component.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 14 verified)

谬廖寥缪戮醪鹨蓼膠瘳謬繆嫪樛

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

樛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljuwH[r]iw-s flying high (no pre-Han text)

說文解字

《說文》：“翏，高飛也。从羽，从。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.281-282
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)