Memory phrase for the character: 彗

彗

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Meaning

comet

Pronunciation

huì

Explanation

 Top: variation of: 'not' 非 (shows opposite wings 羽), bottom: hand /彐

Mnemonic
 
It does not fall into your hands: The comet.

Radicals

非 wrong
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
彐 handTraditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.




 Vocabulary

彗星 huì xīng  comet
哈雷彗星 Hā léi huì xīng  Halley's comet
哈雷彗星 Hā léi huì xīng  

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