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)

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

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		 /ɦweiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷeiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣueiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣiweiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣiweiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai6
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

  1. 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

(uncommon “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]

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

References
  1. tdchdg.
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Trần (1999).
  5. Nguyễn (1974).
  6. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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