慧

慧	U+6167, 慧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6167

← 慦
[U+6166]

CJK Unified Ideographs

慨 →
[U+6168]

Translingual

Han character

慧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一心 (QJSMP), four-corner 5533₇, composition ⿱彗心)

Derived Characters

嚖懳㩨㬩櫘䎚譿(𬤭) 䡺
𡣺𢅫𤑡𤪳𥣴𦇀𦢔𨯚𩏲𪔊𫗆𥶙𧁜

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11116
Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2340, character 5
Unihan data for U+6167

Chinese

trad.		慧
simp. ^#		慧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 慧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːds): phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai⁶ / wai³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): fii⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fi

(Hailu, HRS): fui^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): fi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): hui³
Eastern Min (BUC): hiê
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): he⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hūi / hōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui⁶ / goi⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei⁴

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hui⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ / wai³
  - Yale: waih / wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ / wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ / wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fii⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fui^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /fui³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hui³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: he⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hā̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /he¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: he⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /he²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
  - Tâi-lô: huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe
  - Tâi-lô: huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui⁶ / goi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭi / kōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³⁵/, /koi¹¹/

Note:

hui6 - literary;
goi7 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we
  - MiniDict: we^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwejH

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
Baxter	hwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuei^H/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiwei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤe[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁe[t]-s/
English	intelligent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5474
Phonetic component	彗
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːds/

Definitions

慧

bright; intelligent
Synonym: 聰 / 聪 (cōng)
intelligence

Compounds

不慧
人工智慧 (réngōng zhìhuì)
內慧 / 内慧
別具慧眼 / 别具慧眼
好行小慧
宿慧
慧典
慧劍 / 慧剑
慧南
慧寂
慧心 (huìxīn)
慧心巧思
慧心巧手
慧思
慧悟
慧文
慧日
慧根 (huìgēn)
慧業 / 慧业
慧沼
慧海
慧火
慧皎
慧目
慧眼 (huìyǎn)
慧眼獨具 / 慧眼独具
慧給 / 慧给
慧能 (Huìnéng)
慧覺 / 慧觉
慧遠 / 慧远
慧黠 (huìxiá)
拾人牙慧 (shírényáhuì)
敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
早慧 (zǎohuì)
明慧 (mínghuì)
智慧 (zhìhuì)
智慧劍 / 智慧剑
智慧城 (Zhìhuìchéng)
牙後慧 / 牙后慧
牙慧
獨具慧眼 / 独具慧眼
璅慧
福慧
秀外慧中 (xiùwàihuìzhōng)
穎慧 / 颖慧
聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
詠雪之慧 / 咏雪之慧
賢慧 / 贤慧 (xiánhuì)
靈慧 / 灵慧
黠慧 (xiáhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慧):

→ Korean: 혜(慧) (hye)
→ Vietnamese: tuệ (慧)

References

“慧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “慧”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 157.

Japanese

Shinjitai	慧
Kyūjitai ^[1]	慧󠄁 慧+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	慧󠄄 慧+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

慧

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

wise

Readings

Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←くゑい (kwei, historical)}
Kun: さとい (satoi, 慧い)、さとる (satoru, 慧る)
Nanori: あきら (akira)、さと (sato)、さとし (satoshi)、さとる (satoru)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
慧
けい Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Kanji in this term
慧
さとし Jinmeiyō
nanori

Kanji in this term
慧
とし Jinmeiyō
nanori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ke̞ː]

(Tokyo) さとし [sáꜜtòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sa̠to̞ɕi]

(Tokyo) とし [tóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [to̞ɕi]

Proper noun

慧(けい) or 慧(さとし) or 慧(とし) • (Kei or Satoshi or Toshi)

a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
慧
え Jinmeiyō
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 慧 – see the following entry.

【恵え】S

[affix] 恵, 慧: clever; smart; wise; intelligent

[noun] 恵, 慧: enlightenment

[noun] 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)

(This term, 慧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 894 (paper), page 497 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

慧 (eumhun 슬기로울 혜 (seulgiroul hye))

Vietnamese

Han character

慧: Hán Nôm readings: huệ, tuệ
(wisdom, intelligence)

[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 894 (paper), page 497 (digital)

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