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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
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 矀
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*mrɯl, *mɯl
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| 覹
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*mrɯl
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| 黴
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*mrɯl, *mɯːls
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| 薇
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*mrɯl, *mɯl
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| 媺
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*mrɯlʔ
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| 微
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*mɯl
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| 溦
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*mɯl
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| 癓
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*mɯl
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| 徽
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*hmɯl
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| 幑
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*hmɯl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmɯl) : abbreviated phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 糸 (“cloth”).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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徽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xjwɨj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m̥əj/
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| English
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rope
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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徽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12806
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Phonetic
component
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微
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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揮
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Old
Chinese
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/*hmɯl/
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Definitions
徽
- † rope; cord
- † to tie; to bind
- badge; emblem; insignia
- crest; logo; coat of arms
- flag; banner
- (literary) fine; beautiful; glorious
- † strings on a guqin
- (of the guqin) white dots made of mother-of-pearl inlaid onto the surface board, marking the harmonic positions
- † to play the guqin
- Short for 安徽 (Ānhuī).
- Short for 徽州 (Huīzhōu).
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 徽 – see 暉 (“sunlight; sunshine”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 暉). |
| Notes: |
Japanese
Kanji
徽
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- good
- beautiful
- badge
Readings
Korean
Hanja
徽 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune–Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)
- a badge, insignia
Vietnamese
Han character
徽: Hán Nôm readings: huy
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