叡

See also: 睿

叡 U+53E1, 叡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E1 ← 叠 [U+53E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 叢 → [U+53E2]

Translingual

Han character

叡 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜山水 (YUE), four-corner 2764₀, composition ⿰睿又)

Derived characters

• 𧾩, 𡓝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 167, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3214
• Dae Jaweon: page 379, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53E1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叡
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
睿	*ɢʷeds
叡	*ɢʷeds
璿	*sɢʷen
壡	*sɢʷen
濬	*sqʰʷins

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𣦼 + abbreviated 谷 (“valley”) + 目 (“eye”)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叡 – see 睿 (“shrewd; astute; clever; keen; farsighted; emperor; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 睿).

Compounds

• 叡智／睿智 (ruìzhì)
• 叡知／睿知 (ruìzhì)
• 韋叡樹麾／韦睿树麾

 

References

• “叡”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

叡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)
• Kun: かしこい (kashikoi, 叡い)

Compounds

Compounds

• 叡(えい)智(ち) (eichi)
• 比(ひ)叡(えい)山(ざん) (Hieizan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
叡
えい Jinmeiyō
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 叡 (MC ywejH).

The 漢音 (kan'on) pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

叡(えい) • (ei) 

1. clever; smart; sharp
2. (prefix) emperor's; imperial

Korean

Hanja

叡 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

叡: Hán Việt readings: duệ (俞(dũ)芮(nhuế)切(thiết))

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