徽

徽 U+5FBD, 徽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FBD ← 徼 [U+5FBC] CJK Unified Ideographs 徾 → [U+5FBE]

Translingual

Han character

徽 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲彳⿱山系攵)

Derived characters

• 𭐈, 𩽚, 𧃸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 372, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10267
• Dae Jaweon: page 699, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 849, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5FBD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		徽
2nd round simp.		辉
alternative forms		幑 㫎

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
矀	*mrɯl, *mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴	*mrɯl, *mɯːls
薇	*mrɯl, *mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hmɯl): abbreviated phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 糸 (“cloth”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 徽
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuei²¹/
	Jinan	/xuei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xuei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuei²¹/
	Xining	/xuɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xuei³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xuəi³¹/
	Hefei	/xue²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuæ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xuei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/hue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/hue̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hui³³/
	Wenzhou	/fai³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xue³¹/
	Tunxi	/ɕy¹¹/ /xuə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/fei³³/
	Xiangtan	/ɸəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɨi⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/fi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/fui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɐi⁵³/
	Nanning	/fui⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/fɐi⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xo⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hui³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hui²³/

Rime
Character	徽
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
Baxter	xjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj/
Li Rong	/xiuəi/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥əj/
English	rope
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	徽
Reading #	1/1
No.	12806
Phonetic component	微
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	揮
Old Chinese	/*hmɯl/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): fi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fî

  (Hailu, HRS): fui^ˋ

• Jin (Wiktionary): hui¹
• Northern Min (KCR): hó
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hui¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹hue
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei¹

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hui¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fai¹
    • Yale: fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fui^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /fui⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hui¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹hue
    • MiniDict: hue^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯³³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: xjw+j

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥əj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯl/

Definitions

徽

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rope; cord
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tie; to bind
3. badge; emblem; insignia
4. crest; logo; coat of arms
5. flag; banner
6. (literary) fine; beautiful; glorious
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) strings on a guqin
8. (of the guqin) white dots made of mother-of-pearl inlaid onto the surface board, marking the harmonic positions
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to play the guqin
10. Short for 安徽 (Ānhuī).
11. Short for 徽州 (Huīzhōu).

Compounds

• 前徽
• 嗣徽
• 國徽 / 国徽 (guóhuī)
• 安徽 (Ānhuī)
• 宋徽宗
• 市徽
• 帽徽 (màohuī)
• 徽劇 / 徽剧 (Huījù)
• 徽嫿 / 徽婳
• 徽州 (Huīzhōu)
• 徽州區 / 徽州区
• 徽幟 / 徽帜
• 徽標 / 徽标 (huībiāo)
• 徽烈
• 徽班
• 徽索
• 徽絃 / 徽弦
• 徽縣 / 徽县 (Huīxiàn)
• 徽繣 / 徽𰬠
• 徽纆 / 徽𬙊
• 徽菜 (huīcài)
• 徽號 / 徽号 (huīhào)
• 徽言
• 徽記 / 徽记
• 徽語 / 徽语 (huīyǔ)
• 徽調 / 徽调
• 徽音
• 徽章 (huīzhāng)
• 徽墨
• 校徽 (xiàohuī)
• 淑教流徽
• 航徽
• 警徽 (jǐnghuī)
• 軍徽 / 军徽
• 音徽
• 黨徽 / 党徽 (dǎnghuī)
• 龍徽 / 龙徽

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 徽 – see 暉 (“sunlight; sunshine”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 暉).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 228.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “徽”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 95.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 徽

徽

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. good
2. beautiful
3. badge

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 徽い)、しるし (shirushi, 徽)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. a badge, insignia

Vietnamese

Han character

徽: Hán Nôm readings: huy

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