靧

Translingual

Han character

靧 (Kangxi radical 176, 面+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一田中一金 (MWLMC), composition ⿰面貴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1384, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42689
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4402, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9767

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Chinese

trad.		靧
simp.		𫖃
alternative forms		頮／颒 湏 沬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡluːds) : semantic 面 + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: xwojH

Rime
Character	靧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	荒内切
Baxter	xwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/huoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəjH/
Li Rong	/xuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/xuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡluːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ xwojH ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁuj-s/
English	wash the face
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	靧
Reading #	1/1
No.	4715
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡluːds/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 靧

1. (literary) to wash the face

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Japanese

Kanji

靧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wash face

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); け (ke)