蕙

蕙 U+8559, 蕙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8559 ← 蕘 [U+8558] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕚 → [U+855A]

Translingual

Han character

蕙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十戈心 (TJIP), four-corner 4433₃, composition ⿱艹惠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31968
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3288, character 22
• Unihan data for U+8559

Chinese

trad.		蕙
simp. #		蕙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
韢	*skʰʷeds
繐	*sqʰʷeds, *ɢʷiːds
憓	*ɢʷiːds
潓	*ɢʷiːds
惠	*ɢʷiːds
蟪	*ɢʷiːds
蕙	*ɢʷiːds
橞	*ɢʷiːds
譓	*ɢʷiːds
鏸	*ɢʷiːds
穗	*sɢʷids

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷiːds) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

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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: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwejH

Rime
Character	蕙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡桂切
Baxter	hwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjH/
Li Rong	/ɣueiH/
Wang Li	/ɣiweiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiweiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷiːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕙
Reading #	1/1
No.	5485
Phonetic component	惠
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	慧
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷiːds/

Definitions

蕙

1. orchid

Compounds

• 焚芝鋤蕙／焚芝锄蕙
• 芝焚蕙嘆／芝焚蕙叹
• 蕙心
• 蕙心紈質／蕙心纨质
• 蕙心蘭質／蕙心兰质
• 蕙炷
• 蕙若
• 蕙草
• 蕙蘭／蕙兰 (huìlán)
• 蕙質／蕙质
• 蕙質蘭心／蕙质兰心
• 蕙風詞話／蕙风词话
• 蘭心蕙性／兰心蕙性
• 蘭摧蕙折／兰摧蕙折
• 蘭蕙質／兰蕙质

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蕙):

• → Japanese: 蕙(けい) (kei); 蕙(え) (e)
• → Korean: 혜(蕙) (hye)
• → Vietnamese: huệ (蕙)

Japanese

Kanji

蕙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); え (e)
• Kun: かおりぐさ (kaorigusa)

Korean

Hanja

蕙 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune–Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕙: Hán Việt readings: huệ
蕙: Nôm readings: huệ

1. chữ Hán form of huệ (“tuberose, a species of fragrant white flower”).