揮

See also: 挥

揮	U+63EE, 揮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63EE

← 揭
[U+63ED]

CJK Unified Ideographs

揯 →
[U+63EF]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 444, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12394

Dae Jaweon: page 795, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1925, character 4

Unihan data for U+63EE

Chinese

trad.		揮
simp.		挥

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huī (hui¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hui
(Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai¹
  - Yale: fāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
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/

Middle Chinese: /hʉi/▼

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
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

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰər/
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰul/

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. [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	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

Compounds

一揮而就／一挥而就 (yīhuī'érjiù)
一揮而成／一挥而成
交通指揮／交通指挥
借題發揮／借题发挥
手不停揮／手不停挥
手揮目送／手挥目送
指揮／指挥 (zhǐhuī)
指揮刀／指挥刀 (zhǐhuīdāo)
指揮官／指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān)
指揮導航／指挥导航
指揮棒／指挥棒 (zhǐhuībàng)
指揮艙／指挥舱
指揮若定／指挥若定
指揮部／指挥部
揮之不去／挥之不去 (huīzhībùqù)
揮兵／挥兵
揮別／挥别
揮劍成河／挥剑成河
揮動／挥动 (huīdòng)
揮師／挥师
揮戈／挥戈

揮戈反日／挥戈反日
揮戈回日／挥戈回日
揮手／挥手 (huīshǒu)
揮拍／挥拍
揮拳／挥拳
揮掌／挥掌
揮斥／挥斥
揮杆／挥杆
揮毫／挥毫 (huīháo)
揮汗／挥汗
揮汗如雨／挥汗如雨
揮汗成雨／挥汗成雨
揮淚／挥泪 (huīlèi)
揮灑／挥洒 (huīsǎ)
揮灑自如／挥洒自如
揮發／挥发 (huīfā)
揮發油／挥发油
揮筆／挥笔
揮翰／挥翰
揮翰成風／挥翰成风

揮翰臨池／挥翰临池
揮舞／挥舞 (huīwǔ)
揮袂／挥袂
揮觴／挥觞
揮軍／挥军 (huījūn)
揮軍進擊／挥军进击
揮金／挥金
揮金如土／挥金如土 (huījīnrútǔ)
揮金霍玉／挥金霍玉
揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
揮霍無度／挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)
揮霍談笑／挥霍谈笑
揮髮油／挥发油
揮麈／挥麈 (huīzhǔ)
揮麈清談／挥麈清谈
擐甲揮戈／擐甲挥戈
發揮／发挥 (fāhuī)
目送手揮／目送手挥
郢匠揮斤／郢匠挥斤
魯陽揮戈／鲁阳挥戈

Japanese

Kanji

揮

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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 (huy, huơi, hoay, hươi, loay)

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