繪

See also: 絵, 绘, 繢, and 缋

繪	U+7E6A, 繪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E6A

← 繩
[U+7E69]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繫 →
[U+7E6B]

Translingual

Traditional	繪
Shinjitai	絵
Simplified	绘

Han character

繪 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一日 (VFOMA), four-corner 2896₆, composition ⿰糹會)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 940, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27939
Dae Jaweon: page 1379, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3461, character 2
Unihan data for U+7E6A

Chinese

trad.		繪
simp.		绘
alternative forms		絵𦅩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
譮	*qʰruːbs
會	koːbs, ɡoːbs
儈	*koːbs
膾	*koːbs
鱠	*koːbs
襘	*koːbs
禬	koːbs, ɡoːbs
檜	koːbs, koːd
旝	*koːbs
澮	*koːbs
鄶	*koːbs
廥	*koːbs
鬠	koːbs, ɡoːd
劊	koːbs, koːd
獪	koːbs, kroːbs
繪	*ɡoːbs
懀	qoːbs, qroːbs, *qroːbs
薈	*qoːbs
嬒	qoːbs, qoːd
瞺	*qoːbs
噲	*kʰroːbs
璯	*kʰroːbs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡoːbs): semantic 糸 + phonetic 會 (OC *koːbs, *ɡoːbs).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kui² / kui³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): koi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi
Eastern Min (BUC): huôi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kōe / kòe / hōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): guai³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we

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: kui² / kui³
  - Yale: kúi / kui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kui² / kui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kui² / kui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵/, /kʰuːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: koi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰᵘɔi³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huôi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kōe
  - Tâi-lô: kuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kue²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
  - Tâi-lô: kuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe
  - Tâi-lô: huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue²²/

Note:

kòe/kōe - vernacular;
hōe - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: guai³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³/

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

Middle Chinese: hwajH

Rime
Character	繪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	黃外切
Baxter	hwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑi^H/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繪
Reading #	1/1
No.	5509
Phonetic component	會
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːbs/

Definitions

繪

(literary, or in compounds) to draw; to sketch; to paint
(literary, or in compounds) to describe; to portray; to depict
(literary) embroidery with five colors

Synonyms

(to draw): 畫／画 (huà)
(to describe):

edit

刻畫 / 刻画 (kèhuà)
塑造 (sùzào)
形容 (xíngróng)
描寫 / 描写 (miáoxiě)
描摹 (miáomó)
描畫 / 描画 (miáohuà)
描繪 / 描绘 (miáohuì)
描述 (miáoshù)
摹寫 / 摹写 (móxiě)

Compounds

人體彩繪 / 人体彩绘 (réntǐ cǎihuì)
圖繪 / 图绘
大和繪 / 大和绘
彩繪 / 彩绘 (cǎihuì)
手寫繪圖 / 手写绘图
描繪 / 描绘 (miáohuì)
摹繪 / 摹绘
摛章繪句 / 摛章绘句
歷歷如繪 / 历历如绘
法繪 / 法绘
浮世繪 / 浮世绘 (fúshìhuì)
測繪 / 测绘 (cèhuì)
現代繪畫 / 现代绘画
繪事後素 / 绘事后素
繪像 / 绘像
繪具 / 绘具
繪圖 / 绘图 (huìtú)
繪圖儀 / 绘图仪
繪圖板 / 绘图板
繪彩陶 / 绘彩陶
繪影繪聲 / 绘影绘声
繪畫 / 绘画 (huìhuà)
繪聲繪影 / 绘声绘影
繪聲繪色 / 绘声绘色 (huìshēnghuìsè)
繪製 / 绘制 (huìzhì)
蒔繪 / 莳绘
藻繪 / 藻绘
雕繪 / 雕绘
電腦繪圖 / 电脑绘图

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
  - Yale: gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

繪

(historical dictionaries only) to tie one's hair with various colors

References

“繪”, 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–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03185

Japanese

Shinjitai	絵
Kyūjitai	繪

Kanji

繪

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 絵)

picture, drawing, sketch, image.

Readings

Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
Kun: えがく (egaku, 繪く)^{←ゑがく (wegaku, 繪く, historical)}

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸwe̞] ~ [hø̞]
Phonetic hangul: [훼/회]

Hanja

Wikisource

繪 (eumhun 그림 회 (geurim hoe))

hanja form^? of 회 (“picture; drawing; sketch; image; painting”) [affix]

Compounds

다회 (多繪, dahoe)
선회 (善繪, seonhoe)
회사 (繪史, hoesa)
회사후소 (繪事後素, hoesahuso)
회화 (繪畫, hoehwa)

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 繪

Vietnamese

Han character

繪: Hán Nôm readings: hội, gói, cởi

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