揮

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See also: 挥
揮 U+63EE, 揮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63EE
← 揭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 揯 →

Translingual

Han character

揮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手月十十 (QBJJ), four-corner 57056, composition ⿰扌軍)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 444, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12394
  • Dae Jaweon: page 795, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1925, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+63EE

Chinese

trad. 揮
simp. 挥
alternative forms 𢰄
㩣／𫾉
𢱳
𨍂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 揮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (軍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
揮 *qʰul
輝 *qʰul
翬 *qʰul
暉 *qʰul
煇 *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
楎 *qʰul, *ɡuːn
瀈 *qʰul
韗 *qʰons, *ɢuns
褌 *kuːn
鶤 *kuːn, *ɢuns
緷 *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
睴 *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
璭 *kuːns
瘒 *ŋɡuːn
顐 *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
諢 *ŋɡuːns
餫 *ɡuːn, *ɢuns
渾 *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
琿 *ɡuːn
鼲 *ɡuːn
堚 *ɡuːn
鯶 *ɡuːnʔ
軍 *kun
皸 *kun, *kuns
齳 *ŋɡunʔ
喗 *ŋɡunʔ
葷 *qʰun
惲 *qunʔ
賱 *qunʔ
運 *ɢuns
暈 *ɢuns
鄆 *ɢuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰul): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Etymology 1

Compare perhaps Burmese ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 揮
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 揮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷʰər/
English wave, brandish

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 揮
Reading # 1/1
No. 7303
Phonetic
component 		軍
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		揮
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰul/

Definitions

揮

  1. to wield; to wave; to brandish
  2. to direct; to command
  3. to wipe away
  4. to disperse; to scatter
  5. to squander
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徽 (huī, “emblem”)
Compounds

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WE Finals (160. to Move, turn up)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 18

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fight.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Definitions

揮 (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to fight
  2. (by extension) to compare; to compete
    冇得揮／冇得挥   ―  mou5 dak1 fai1   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

Japanese

Kanji

揮

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. Brandish

Readings

  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ふるう (furuu, 揮う)

Korean

Hanja

揮 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune–Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

揮: Hán Nôm readings: huy, huơi, hoay, hươi, loay

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