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Kanji Detail for 彗 - "comet, broom"
彗
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Meaning
彗 means "comet, broom." Also associated with to sweep.
Comet - A celestial body with a tail.
Broom - A sweeping implement.
Sweep - To clean by brushing.
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Tattoo check: 彗
- Verified meaning: comet, broom
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read きらら, けい, さとし, すい)
- Also carries these associations: to sweep
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 彗
Given names 彗(きらら)
彗(けい)
彗(すい)
彗(はるか)
Surnames 彗(さとし)
彗(せい)
彗(とし)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
comet; broom
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
broomstick; comet
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
broom
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
comet; broomstick
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A broom. | A star trailing a long tail like a broom, with an orbit as an elongated ellipse or parabola, hence appearing and disappearing irregularly. Anciently called 孛 or 長星. Generally called 彗 (comet).
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Sentences including 彗
He claimed that he had discovered a new comet.
The comet leaves a trail of light behind it as it moves.
Halley's Comet will come back in 2061.
Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years.
That's how he discovered the comet.
A new star has appeared like a comet in the soccer world.