慧

慧 U+6167, 慧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6167 ← 慦 [U+6166] CJK Unified Ideographs 慨 → [U+6168]

Translingual

Han character

慧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一心 (QJSMP), four-corner 5533₇, composition ⿱彗心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11116
• Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2340, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6167

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Chinese

trad.		慧
simp. #		慧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
櫘	*sqʰʷeds
彗	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids
篲	*sɢʷeds
鏏	*sɢʷeds
槥	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
轊	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
熭	*ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad
嘒	*qʰʷeːds
暳	*qʰʷeːds
嚖	*qʰʷeds
慧	*ɡʷeːds
蔧	*sɢʷids
雪	*sqʰʷed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷeːds) : phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Etymology

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 慧

1. bright; intelligent

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2. intelligence

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慧):

• → Korean: 혜(慧) (hye)

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Japanese

Kanji

慧

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. wise

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: さとい (satoi, 慧い)、さとる (satoru, 慧る)

Proper noun

慧(けい) or 慧(さとし) • (Kei or Satoshi) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

慧 (eumhun 슬기로울 혜 (seulgiroul hye))

1. wise, intelligent, bright, wisdom
2. cunning, craft, wile
3. ability

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Vietnamese

Han character

慧: Hán Nôm readings: Huệ