卉

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See also: 𠦄 and 芔
卉 U+5349, 卉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5349
← 午
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 半 →

卉 U+2F82C, 卉
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82C
← 北
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 卑 →

Translingual

Han character

卉 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十廿 (JT), four-corner 40440, composition ⿱十廾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2706
  • Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5349

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 卉
alternative forms 芔
𠦄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卉
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (卉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
卉 *hmɯlʔ, *hmɯls
芔 *hmɯls
泋 *hmɯls

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 卉 卉
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 許偉切 許貴切
Baxter xjw+jX xjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hʉiX/ /hʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷɨiX/ /hʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiuəiX/ /xiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hujX/ /hujH/
Li
Rong 		/xiuəiX/ /xiuəiH/
Wang
Li 		/xĭwəiX/ /xĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xwe̯iX/ /xwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huǐ huì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fai2 fai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卉 卉
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5457 5458
Phonetic
component 		卉 卉
Rime
group 		微 微
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		虺 諱
Old
Chinese 		/*hmɯlʔ/ /*hmɯls/

Definitions

卉

  1. plants
    奇花異卉／奇花异卉  ―  qíhuāyìhuì  ―  unusual flowers and exotic plants
  2. flowers
    奇卉怪草  ―  qíhuìguàicǎo  ―  strange flowers and weird grass
  3. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

卉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): き (ki)
  • Kun: くさ (kusa, 卉)

Korean

Hanja

卉 (eum 훼 (hwe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卉: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, hủy/huỷ

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