匯

See also: 滙 and 汇

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 匚 + phonetic 淮

Han character

匯 (radical 22 匚+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸水人土 (SEOG), four-corner 7171₁, composition ⿷匚淮)

1. a concourse
2. to flow together, gather together
3. (same as 滙) to remit money

References

• KangXi: page 154, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2644
• Dae Jaweon: page 346, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 89, character 10
• Unihan data for U+532F

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Chinese

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trad.		匯
simp.		汇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì, kuì (hui⁴, kui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hui⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: k'uei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶
    • Yale: wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (匯, reconstructed)
Character (匯), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 皆 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦淮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɣuɛi/	/kʰwăi/	/kʰuɛi/	/kʰʷɯæi/	/kʰwəɨj/	/kʰwɐi/	/kʰuɐi/
Character (匯), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 灰 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 胡罪切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦuʌiX/	/ɣuɑ̆iX/	/ɣuᴀiX/	/ɦuoiX/	/ɦwəjX/	/ɣuɒiX/	/ɣuɒiX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (匯, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
匯					12835					唯					微					1					瘣					/*ɢʷrɯːlʔ/
匯					12836					唯					脂					1					匯					/*kʰʷriːl/

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Japanese

Kanji

匯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: わい (wai), かい (kai), え (e)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)

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Korean

Hanja

匯 (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune-Reischauer hoe)

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Vietnamese

Han character

匯 (hối, vị)

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References

• Nom Foundation