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

Derived characters

• 𧾩, 𡓝

References

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

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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

Definitions

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

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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 jiuᴇi^H).

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

叡 (hiragana えい, rōmaji ei)

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

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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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