蕙

蕙	U+8559, 蕙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8559

← 蕘
[U+8558]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕚 →
[U+855A]

Translingual

Han character

蕙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十戈心 (TJIP), four-corner 4433₃, composition ⿱艹惠)

Derived characters

𢤺, 𪷺, 𤫃, 𬔄, 𦇠

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31968
Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3288, character 22
Unihan data for U+8559

Chinese

trad.		蕙
simp. ^#		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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷiːds): semantic 艹 + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

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: wai⁶
  - Yale: waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: hwejH

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
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
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷiːds/

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

orchid

Compounds

焚芝鋤蕙 / 焚芝锄蕙
芝焚蕙嘆 / 芝焚蕙叹
蕙心
蕙心紈質 / 蕙心纨质
蕙心蘭質 / 蕙心兰质
蕙炷
蕙若
蕙草
蕙蘭 / 蕙兰 (huìlán)
蕙質 / 蕙质
蕙質蘭心 / 蕙质兰心
蕙風詞話 / 蕙风词话
蘭心蕙性 / 兰心蕙性
蘭摧蕙折 / 兰摧蕙折
蘭蕙質 / 兰蕙质

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蕙):

→ Japanese: 蕙(けい) (kei); 蕙(え) (e)
→ Korean: 혜(蕙) (hye)
→ Vietnamese: huệ (蕙)

Japanese

Kanji

蕙

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けい (kei)、え (e)
Kun: かおりぐさ (kaorigusa)

Korean

Hanja

蕙 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune–Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕙: Hán Việt readings: huệ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
蕙: Nôm readings: huệ^[1]^[2]^[3]

chữ Hán form of huệ (“tuberose, a species of fragrant white flower”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 tdchdg.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Trần (2004).
^ Trần (1999).
^ Nguyễn (1974).
^ Thiều Chửu (1942).

[tdchdg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 tdchdg.

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Trần (2004).

[tvctdhv-4] Trần (1999).

[hvttd-5] Nguyễn (1974).

[tchvtd-6] Thiều Chửu (1942).

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