翏
liù

to sweep away, to remove

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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

Depicts a broom. Modern form looks like unrelated 羽.

人
人 Iconic component
彡
彡 Unknown component

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

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)