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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
broom
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Pictograph of a hand holding a broom.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zjwejH | s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s | broom; comet |
說文解字
《說文》：“彗，掃竹也。从又持甡。篲，彗或从竹。，古文彗，从竹从習。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)