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慧
慧
Translingual
Han character
慧 (radical 61 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一心 (QJSMP), four-corner 55337, composition ⿱彗心)
References
- KangXi: page 399, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11116
- Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2340, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6167
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
慧 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (彗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 櫘 | *sqʰʷeds |
| 彗 | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids |
| 篲 | *sɢʷeds |
| 鏏 | *sɢʷeds |
| 槥 | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds |
| 轊 | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds |
| 熭 | *ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad |
| 嘒 | *qʰʷeːds |
| 暳 | *qʰʷeːds |
| 嚖 | *qʰʷeds |
| 慧 | *ɡʷeːds |
| 蔧 | *sɢʷids |
| 雪 | *sqʰʷed |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷeːds) : phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai3, wai6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi
- Min Dong (BUC): hiê
- Min Nan (POJ): hūi / hōe
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhue (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: hui4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
- IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai3, wai6
- Yale: wai, waih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai3, wai6
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯³³/, /wɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
- Hakka Romanization System: fi
- Hagfa Pinyim: fi4
- IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê
- IPA (key): /hiɛ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi / hōe
- Tâi-lô: huī / huē
- Phofsit Daibuun: hui, hoe
- IPA (Xiamen): /hui²²/, /hue²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/, /hue⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²²/, /hue²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /hui³³/, /hue³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui³³/, /hue³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhue (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦɯᴇ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 慧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡桂切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦweiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷeiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɛiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwɛjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣueiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣiweiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣiweiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 慧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
huì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hwejH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷˤe[t]-s/ |
| English | intelligent |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 慧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5474 |
| Phonetic component |
彗 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
慧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷeːds/ |
Definitions
慧
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
慧
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Proper noun
- A male given name
慧 (hiragana さとし, romaji Satoshi)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
慧 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune-Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)
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