卉

See also: 𠦄 and 芔

卉 U+5349, 卉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5349 ← 午 [U+5348] CJK Unified Ideographs 半 → [U+534A]

卉 U+2F82C, 卉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82C ← 北 [U+2F82B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 卑 → [U+2F82D]

Translingual

Han character

卉 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十廿 (JT), four-corner 4044₀, composition ⿱十廾)

Derived characters

• 奔, 賁/贲, 㫩, 枿, 桒, 泋, 𠛟, 𠱥, 𢱭, 𥊊, 𥑾/𥓈, 𥮈, 𦯨, 𦶫, 𬜦, 𧫵, 𨐟, 𨒍, 𩚰, 𩝃/𩞳/𩞴, 𢍃, 𠦪, 𡮃, 𢞨/𢡘, 𩿜/䴅, 鼖, 䯵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2706
• Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5349

• Unihan data for U+2F82C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		卉
alternative forms		芔 𠦄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卉
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
卉	*hmɯlʔ, *hmɯls
芔	*hmɯls
泋	*hmɯls

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi / hùi / hūi

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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: wai² / wai⁵
    • Yale: wái / wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² / wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² / wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi / hùi / hūi
    • Tâi-lô: huí / huì / huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie, huix, hui
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³/, /hui²¹/, /hui²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/, /hui⁴¹/, /hui⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/, /hui²¹/, /hui²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/, /hui¹¹/, /hui³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/, /hui²¹/, /hui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjw+jX, xjw+jH

Rime
Character	卉	卉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許偉切	許貴切
Baxter	xjw+jX	xjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉiX/	/hʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨiX/	/hʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəiX/	/xiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hujX/	/hujH/
Li Rong	/xiuəiX/	/xiuəiH/
Wang Li	/xĭwəiX/	/xĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯iX/	/xwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai2	fai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯlʔ/, /*hmɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卉	卉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5457	5458
Phonetic component	卉	卉
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	虺	諱
Old Chinese	/*hmɯlʔ/	/*hmɯls/

Definitions

卉

1. plants

   奇花異卉／奇花异卉  ―  qíhuāyìhuì  ―  unusual flowers and exotic plants

2. flowers

   奇卉怪草  ―  qíhuìguàicǎo  ―  strange flowers and weird grass

3. a surname

Compounds

• 卉花
• 奇卉
• 奇卉怪草
• 奇花異卉 / 奇花异卉
• 奇葩異卉 / 奇葩异卉
• 花卉 (huāhuì)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), a00436

Japanese

Kanji

卉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: くさ (kusa, 卉)

References

• “^▲卉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

卉 (eum 훼 (hwe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卉: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, hủy/huỷ

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