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蕙
蕙
Translingual
Han character
蕙 (radical 140 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十戈心 (TJIP), four-corner 44333)
- a species of fragrant orchid
References
- KangXi: page 1058, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31968
- Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3288, character 22
- Unihan data for U+8559
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
蕙 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (惠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 韢 | *skʰʷeds |
| 繐 | *sqʰʷeds, *ɢʷiːds |
| 憓 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 潓 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 惠 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 蟪 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 蕙 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 橞 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 譓 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 鏸 | *ɢʷiːds |
| 穗 | *sɢʷids |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: hui4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
- IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai6
- Yale: waih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蕙 |
| 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 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蕙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5485 |
| Phonetic component |
惠 |
| Rime group |
至 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
慧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷiːds/ |
Definitions
蕙
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Japanese
Kanji
蕙
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蕙 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune-Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蕙 (huệ)
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