徽

徽

徽 U+5FBD, 徽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FBD ← 徼 [U+5FBC] CJK Unified Ideographs 徾 → [U+5FBE]

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)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		徽
2nd round simp.		辉
alternative forms		幑 㫎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (微) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
矀	*mrɯl, *mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴	*mrɯl, *mɯːls
薇	*mrɯl, *mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmɯl) : abbreviated phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 糸 (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

  (Chengdu, SP): hui¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): fi¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): hui¹
• Min Bei (KCR): hó
• Min Dong (BUC): hŭi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): hue (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hui¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹
    • Yale: fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi⁴²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hui¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hue (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɯe̞⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 徽
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuei²¹/
	Jinan	/xuei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xuei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuei²¹/
	Xining	/xuɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xuei³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xuəi³¹/
	Hefei	/xue²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuæ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xuei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/hue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/hue̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hui³³/
	Wenzhou	/fai³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xue³¹/
	Tunxi	/ɕy¹¹/ /xuə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/fei³³/
	Xiangtan	/ɸəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɨi⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/fi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/fui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɐi⁵³/
	Nanning	/fui⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/fɐi⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/huoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xo⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hui³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hui²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /hʉi/

Rime
Character	徽
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj/
Li Rong	/xiuəi/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥əj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥əj/
English	rope
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	徽
Reading #	1/1
No.	12806
Phonetic component	微
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	揮
Old Chinese	/*hmɯl/

Definitions

徽

1. ^† rope; cord
2. ^† to tie; to bind
3. badge; emblem; insignia
4. crest; logo; coat of arms
5. flag; banner
6. (literary) fine; beautiful; glorious
7. ^† strings on a guqin
8. (of the guqin) white dots made of mother-of-pearl inlaid onto the surface board, marking the harmonic positions
9. ^† to play the guqin
10. Short for 安徽 (Ānhuī).
11. Short for 徽州 (Huīzhōu).

Compounds

前徽 嗣徽 安徽 (Ānhuī) 宋徽宗 市徽 帽徽 (màohuī) 徽墨 徽州 (Huīzhōu) 徽烈 徽班 徽章 (huīzhāng) 徽索 徽菜 (huīcài)

徽言 徽音 校徽 (xiàohuī) 淑教流徽 航徽 警徽 (jǐnghuī) 音徽 國徽／国徽 (guóhuī) 徽劇／徽剧 (Huījù) 徽嫿／徽婳 徽州區／徽州区 徽幟／徽帜

徽標／徽标 徽絃／徽弦 徽縣／徽县 (Huīxiàn) 徽繣／徽𰬠 徽纆／徽𬙊 徽號／徽号 (huīhào) 徽記／徽记 徽語／徽语 (huīyǔ) 徽調／徽调 軍徽／军徽 黨徽／党徽 (dǎnghuī) 龍徽／龙徽

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 徽 – see 暉 (“sunlight; sunshine”). (This character, 徽, is the second-round simplified form of 暉.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

徽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. good
2. beautiful
3. badge

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 徽い); しるし (shirushi, 徽)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. a badge, insignia

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Vietnamese

Han character

徽: Hán Nôm readings: huy

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