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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶we

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• 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 Meinong)
    • 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶we
    • MiniDict: we^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/

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• 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	/ɦuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwajH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑiH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑiH/
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

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

Synonyms

• (to draw): 畫／画 (huà)
• (to describe):

• 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)

 

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

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• 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

1. ^‡ 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 絵)

1. picture, drawing, sketch, image.

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)

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))

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

Compounds

Compounds

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

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 繪

Vietnamese

Han character

繪: Hán Nôm readings: hội, gói, cởi

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