叡

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See also: 睿
叡 U+53E1, 叡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E1
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Translingual

Han character

叡 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜山水 (YUE), four-corner 27640, composition ⿰睿又)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 167, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3214
  • Dae Jaweon: page 379, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+53E1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叡
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (睿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
睿 *ɢʷeds
叡 *ɢʷeds
璿 *sɢʷen
壡 *sɢʷen
濬 *sqʰʷins

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : abbreviated 㕡 (“gully”) + 目 (“eye”) – deep insight.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叡 – see 睿 (“shrewd; astute; clever; keen; farsighted; emperor; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 睿).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

叡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えい (ei)
  • Kun: かしこい (kashikoi, 叡い)

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
叡
えい
Jinmeiyō
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 叡 (MC ywejH).

The 漢音 (kan'on) pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

叡(えい) • (ei) 

  1. clever; smart; sharp
  2. (prefix) emperor's; imperial

Korean

Hanja

叡 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

叡: Hán Việt readings: duệ (俞(dũ)芮(nhuế)切(thiết))[1]

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References

  1. ^ Trần (2004).
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