輝

輝 U+8F1D, 輝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F1D ← 輜 [U+8F1C] CJK Unified Ideographs 輞 → [U+8F1E]

See also: 辉

Translingual

Han character

輝 (radical 159 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火山月十十 (FUBJJ), four-corner 9725₆, composition ⿰光軍)

References

• KangXi: page 1244, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38372
• Dae Jaweon: page 1721, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3538, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8F1D

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Chinese

trad.		輝
simp.		辉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 輝
Large seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (軍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
揮	*qʰul
輝	*qʰul
翬	*qʰul
暉	*qʰul
煇	*qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
楎	*qʰul, *ɡuːn
瀈	*qʰul
韗	*qʰons, *ɢuns
褌	*kuːn
鶤	*kuːn, *ɢuns
緷	*kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
睴	*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
璭	*kuːns
瘒	*ŋɡuːn
顐	*ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
諢	*ŋɡuːns
餫	*ɡuːn, *ɢuns
渾	*ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
琿	*ɡuːn
鼲	*ɡuːn
堚	*ɡuːn
鯶	*ɡuːnʔ
軍	*kun
皸	*kun, *kuns
齳	*ŋɡunʔ
喗	*ŋɡunʔ
葷	*qʰun
惲	*qunʔ
賱	*qunʔ
運	*ɢuns
暈	*ɢuns
鄆	*ɢuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰul): semantic 光 (“light; bright”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fî
• Min Dong (BUC): hŭi
• Min Nan (POJ): hui
• Wu (Wiktionary): hue (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Wade-Giles: hui¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹
    • Yale: fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹
    • IPA: /fi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
    • IPA ^(key): /huoi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hue (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /hɯe̞⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /hʉi/▼

Rime
Character	輝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許歸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj/
Li Rong	/xiuəi/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*qʷʰər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰul/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰər/
English	brilliant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輝
Reading #	1/1
No.	7304
Phonetic component	軍
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	揮
Old Chinese	/*qʰul/
Notes	同煇

Definitions

輝

1. brightness; lustre; brilliance; radiance; splendour
2. to shine upon

Compounds

• 上下爭輝／上下争辉
• 交相輝映／交相辉映
• 交輝／交辉 (jiāohuī)
• 光輝／光辉 (guānghuī)
• 光輝奪目／光辉夺目
• 光輝燦爛／光辉灿烂
• 南極星輝／南极星辉
• 南極騰輝／南极腾辉
• 古銅輝石／古铜辉石
• 吐輝／吐辉
• 容輝／容辉
• 弧帨齊輝／弧帨齐辉
• 後先輝映／后先辉映
• 斗室生輝／斗室生辉
• 星月交輝／星月交辉 (xīng yuè jiāohuī)
• 映輝／映辉
• 桃李爭輝／桃李争辉

• 極婺聯輝／极婺联辉
• 清輝／清辉
• 熠熠生輝／熠熠生辉
• 燈火輝煌／灯火辉煌
• 燈燭輝煌／灯烛辉煌
• 爭輝／争辉
• 珠輝玉麗／珠辉玉丽
• 蓬屋生輝／蓬屋生辉
• 蓬蓽增輝／蓬荜增辉
• 蓬蓽有輝／蓬荜有辉
• 蓬蓽生輝／蓬荜生辉
• 蓬閭生輝／蓬闾生辉
• 蕓輝／蕓辉
• 被褐藏輝／被褐藏辉
• 輝光／辉光 (huīguāng)
• 輝光放電／辉光放电

• 輝映／辉映 (huīyìng)
• 輝格黨／辉格党
• 輝煌／辉煌 (huīhuáng)
• 輝煌奪目／辉煌夺目
• 輝照／辉照
• 輝石／辉石 (huīshí)
• 輝綠岩／辉绿岩
• 輝耀／辉耀
• 輝赫／辉赫
• 輝銀礦／辉银矿
• 輝銅礦／辉铜矿
• 輝銻礦／辉锑矿
• 輝長岩／辉长岩
• 金碧輝煌／金碧辉煌 (jīn bì huīhuáng)
• 銀輝／银辉
• 顧盼生輝／顾盼生辉

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Japanese

Kanji

輝

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: かがやく (kagayaku, 輝く, Jōyō); かがやかしい (kagayakashii, 輝かしい); てる (teru, 輝る)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); てる (teru); ひかる (hikaru)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 輝映
• 輝赫
• 輝煥
• 輝輝
• 輝光
• 輝煌
• 輝耀
• 輝星

Proper noun

輝 (hiragana あきら, rōmaji Akira)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

輝 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輝 (huy)

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