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
• Jin (Wiktionary): hui¹
• Northern Min (KCR): hó
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭi
• 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/
• 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/
• 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. ^† rope; cord
2. ^† to tie; to bind
3. badge; emblem; insignia
4. crest; logo; coat of arms
5. flag; banner
6. (literary) fine; beautiful; glorious
7. ^† 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. ^† 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.

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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