Yin Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Pig Snout (huì)
Kangxi Strokes: 11
Page 362, Entry 16
Pronounced hui.
According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a bamboo broom. Composed of the radical for hand, representing the act of holding a bundle of bamboo.
According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), it is a broom.
According to the Book of Rites (Liji), in the Record of Ritual (Quli), when in the capital, use a whip or broom to gently urge the horses so that dust does not rise beyond the tracks.
Also a name of a plant. According to the Erya (Erya), the jian plant is also called king broom. The commentary states it is also known as the king broom. It resembles the goosefoot plant, and its branches can be used to make brooms.
Also, according to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), it refers to a baleful star (comet). According to the Erya (Erya), in the chapter on Explaining Heaven, the comet is referred to as a chanquang star. The commentary notes it is also called a bo star, as its shape is bushy like a broom.
According to the commentary on the Record of Emperor Wen in the History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Wen Ying states that the bo, hui, and chang stars are three types of long stars. Their shapes differ slightly; the bo star has short rays radiating in all directions, appearing bushy. The hui star has long rays, resembling a broom. The chang star has a straight, long beam of light that may stretch across the sky, or measure ten, three, or two zhang, with no fixed size.
Also pronounced sui.
Also pronounced sui. The meaning is the same.
Also pronounced sui.
Refers to the brightness of the sun at midday. According to the Taigong Military Strategy (Taigong Bingfa), if the sun is not bright at midday, it is said that the proper time has been missed.
Also pronounced wei. The meaning is the same.
Also used interchangeably with the character for wise (hui). According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Biography of Liu An, King of Huainan, the King of Huainan had a daughter named Ling who was wise and eloquent.
