卉

See also: 𠦄 and 芔

卉	U+5349, 卉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5349

← 午
[U+5348]

CJK Unified Ideographs

半 →
[U+534A]

卉	U+2F82C, 卉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82C

← 北
[U+2F82B]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

卑 →
[U+2F82D]

Translingual

Han character

卉 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十廿 (JT), four-corner 4044₀, composition ⿱十廾)

Derived characters

奔, 賁/贲, 㫩, 枿, 桒, 泋, 𠛟, 𠱥, 𢱭, 𥊊, 𥑾/𥓈, 𥮈, 𦯨, 𦶫, 𬜦, 𧫵, 𨐟, 𨒍, 𩚰, 𩝃/𩞳/𩞴, 𢍃, 𠦪, 𡮃, 𢞨/𢡘, 𩿜/䴅, 鼖, 䯵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2706
Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 8
Unihan data for U+5349

Unihan data for U+2F82C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		卉
alternative forms		芔𠦄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卉
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
卉	hmɯlʔ, hmɯls
芔	*hmɯls
泋	*hmɯls

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wai⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi / hùi / hūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴
  - Yale: hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
  - Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai² / wai⁵
  - Yale: wái / wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² / wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² / wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi / hùi / hūi
  - Tâi-lô: huí / huì / huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huie, huix, hui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³/, /hui²¹/, /hui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/, /hui⁴¹/, /hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/, /hui²¹/, /hui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/, /hui¹¹/, /hui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/, /hui²¹/, /hui³³/

Middle Chinese: xjw+jX, xjw+jH

Rime
Character	卉	卉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許偉切	許貴切
Baxter	xjw+jX	xjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi^X/	/hʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi^X/	/hʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi^X/	/xiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj^X/	/huj^H/
Li Rong	/xiuəi^X/	/xiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi^X/	/xĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯i^X/	/xwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai²	fai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hmɯlʔ/, /*hmɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卉	卉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5457	5458
Phonetic component
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	虺	諱
Old Chinese	/*hmɯlʔ/	/*hmɯls/

Definitions

卉

plants
奇花異卉／奇花异卉 ― qíhuāyìhuì ― unusual flowers and exotic plants
flowers
奇卉怪草 ― qíhuìguàicǎo ― strange flowers and weird grass
a surname

Compounds

卉花
奇卉
奇卉怪草
奇花異卉 / 奇花异卉
奇葩異卉 / 奇葩异卉
花卉 (huāhuì)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), a00436

Japanese

Kanji

卉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)
Kun: くさ (kusa, 卉)

Korean

Hanja

卉 (eum 훼 (hwe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卉: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, hủy/huỷ

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