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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
Glyph origin
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
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : huī (hui1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄏㄨㄟ
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : huǐ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : fai1
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : foi1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : fei1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : fii1
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : fî
(Hailu , HRS ) : fuiˋ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : fi1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : hui1
Northern Min (KCR ) : hṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC ) : hŭi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): hui1
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hui
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : hui1
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : hui1
Southern Pinghua (Nanning , Jyutping++ ) : kwai1
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 1 hue; 5 hue
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : fei1
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
to wield ; to wave ; to brandish
to direct ; to command
to wipe away
to disperse ; to scatter
to squander
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of 徽 ( huī , “ emblem ” )
Compounds
References
^ 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 .
Pronunciation
Definitions
揮 ( Hong Kong Cantonese )
to fight
( 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 )
Brandish
Readings
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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