麾

Translingual

Han character

麾 (Kangxi radical 200, 麻+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈金竹手山 (ICHQU) or 戈木竹手山 (IDHQU), four-corner 0021₄, composition ⿸麻毛)

1. a pennant, flag, banner
2. to signal to

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1515, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47899
• Dae Jaweon: page 2045, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4724, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9EBE

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Chinese

trad.		麾
simp. #		麾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
麻	*mraːl
痲	*mraːl
犘	*mraːl
縻	*mral
醿	*mral
爢	*mral
蘼	*mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡	*mralʔ
摩	*maːl, *maːls
魔	*maːl
磨	*maːl, *maːls
劘	*maːl
麽	*maːl
麼	*maːlʔ
塺	*maːls, *mɯːl
麾	*hmral

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fai¹
    • Yale: fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwe

Rime
Character	麾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許爲切
Baxter	xjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/xjue/
Wang Li	/xǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麾
Reading #	1/1
No.	8714
Phonetic component	麻
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𪎮
Old Chinese	/*hmral/
Notes	說文從靡手

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 麾

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Japanese

Kanji

麾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flag
2. (military) banner
3. signal
4. direct
5. lead
6. beckon

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: さしずば (sashizuba), さしまねく (sashimaneku)

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Korean

Hanja

麾 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune–Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 麾 (huy)

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