恵

恵

See also: 惠

恵 U+6075, 恵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6075 ← 恴 [U+6074] CJK Unified Ideographs 恶 → [U+6076]

恵 U+FA6B, 恵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA6B ← 頻 [U+FA6A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 𤋮 → [U+FA6C]

Translingual

Japanese	恵
Simplified	惠
Traditional	惠

Han character

恵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十田心 (JWP), composition ⿱𤰔心)

Related characters

• 専

Descendants

• ゑ
• ヱ

See also

• 曺

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 386, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10618
• Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2290, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6075
• Unihan data for U+FA6B

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 恵 – see 惠 (“benefit; favor; advantage; to benefit; to grant a favor; favor; to advantage; etc.”). (This character, 恵, is a variant form of 惠.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	恵
Kyūjitai	惠

Glyph origin

Simplified from 惠 (叀 → 𤰔); compare 専.

Kanji

恵

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惠)

1. blessing, grace
2. favor
3. wise
4. kind, kindness
5. fortunate

Readings

• Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: めぐみ (megumi, 恵); めぐむ (megumu, 恵む, Jōyō); めぐまれる (megumareru, 恵まれる)
• Nanori: あい (ai); あや (aya); け (ke); さと (sato); さとし (satoshi); しげ (shige); しげる (shigeru); へい (hei); み (mi); めぐる (meguru); やす (yasu)

Compounds

Compounds

• 恵方(えほう) (ehō)
• 恵愛(けいあい) (keiai)
• 恵子(けいこ) (Keiko)
• 恵顧(けいこ) (keiko)
• 恵贈(けいぞう) (keizō)
• 恵送(けいそう) (keisō), 御(ご)恵送(けいそう) (go-keisō)
• 恵投(けいとう) (keitō)
• 恵風(けいふう) (keifū)
• 恵与(けいよ) (keiyo)
• 恩恵(おんけい) (onkei)
• 互恵(ごけい) (gokei)
• 施恵(しけい) (shikei)
• 仁恵(じんけい) (jinkei)
• 特恵(とっけい) (tokkei)
• 余恵(よけい) (yokei)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
恵
え Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
惠 (kyūjitai)

/we/ → /e/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦwei^H), itself a translation of Sanskrit प्राज्ञा (prājñā, “wisdom”).[1]

The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Alternative forms

• 慧

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) え​ [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [e̞]

Affix

恵(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. 恵: blessing; grace; favor
2. 恵, 慧: clever; smart; wise; intelligent

Noun

恵(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. 恵, 慧: enlightenment

   Synonym: 悟り (satori)

2. 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)

   Synonyms: 知恵, 智慧 (chie); 般若 (hannya)

   Hypernym: 三学 (sangaku)

Usage notes

• The 慧 kanji appears to be more commonly used.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
恵
けい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
惠 (kyūjitai)

/kwei/ → /kei/ → /keː/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦwei^H).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Proper noun

恵(けい) • (Kei) 

1. a unisex given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
恵
めぐみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
惠 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 恵(めぐ)む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

Proper noun

恵(めぐみ) • (Megumi) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
恵
めぐむ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
惠 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

Proper noun

恵(めぐむ) • (Megumu) 

1. a female given name

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN