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揮
揮
See also: 挥
Translingual
Han character
揮 (radical 64 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手月十十 (QBJJ), four-corner 57056, composition ⿰扌軍)
References
- KangXi: page 444, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12394
- Dae Jaweon: page 795, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1925, character 4
- Unihan data for U+63EE
Chinese
| trad. | 揮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 挥 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
- Wade-Giles: hui1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
- IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fai1
- Yale: fāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: fai1
- IPA (key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
- Tâi-lô: hui
- Phofsit Daibuun: huy
- IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 揮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許歸切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/huj/ |
| Li Rong |
/xiuəi/ |
| Wang Li |
/xĭwəi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huī |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 揮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
huī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʷʰər/ |
| English | wave, brandish |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 揮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7303 |
| Phonetic component |
軍 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
揮 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰul/ |
Definitions
揮
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
揮
- Brandish
Readings
Korean
Hanja
揮 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune-Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
揮 (huy, huơi, hoay, hươi, loay)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 揮
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (軍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 揮 | *qʰul |
| 輝 | *qʰul |
| 翬 | *qʰul |
| 暉 | *qʰul |
| 煇 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 楎 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn |
| 瀈 | *qʰul |
| 韗 | *qʰons, *ɢuns |
| 褌 | *kuːn |
| 鶤 | *kuːn, *ɢuns |
| 緷 | *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns |
| 睴 | *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 璭 | *kuːns |
| 瘒 | *ŋɡuːn |
| 顐 | *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn |
| 諢 | *ŋɡuːns |
| 餫 | *ɡuːn, *ɢuns |
| 渾 | *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 琿 | *ɡuːn |
| 鼲 | *ɡuːn |
| 堚 | *ɡuːn |
| 鯶 | *ɡuːnʔ |
| 軍 | *kun |
| 皸 | *kun, *kuns |
| 齳 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 喗 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 葷 | *qʰun |
| 惲 | *qunʔ |
| 賱 | *qunʔ |
| 運 | *ɢuns |
| 暈 | *ɢuns |
| 鄆 | *ɢuns |