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Translingual
Han character
蕙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十戈心 (TJIP), four-corner 44333, composition ⿱艹惠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31968
- Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3288, character 22
- Unihan data for U+8559
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 韢
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*skʰʷeds
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| 繐
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*sqʰʷeds, *ɢʷiːds
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| 憓
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 潓
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 惠
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 蟪
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 蕙
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 橞
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 譓
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 鏸
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*ɢʷiːds
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| 穗
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*sɢʷids
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷiːds) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蕙
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5485
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Phonetic
component
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惠
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Rime
group
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至
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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慧
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷiːds/
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Definitions
蕙
- orchid
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
蕙
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蕙 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune–Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蕙: Hán Việt readings: huệ[1][2][3][4][5][6]
蕙: Nôm readings: huệ[1][2][3]
- chữ Hán form of huệ (“tuberose, a species of fragrant white flower”).
References