諱

See also: 讳

諱	U+8AF1, 諱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AF1

← 諰
[U+8AF0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

諲 →
[U+8AF2]

Translingual

Han character

諱 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木一手 (YRDMQ), four-corner 0465₆, composition ⿰言韋)

References

KangXi: page 1171, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35733
Dae Jaweon: page 1636, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4003, character 3
Unihan data for U+8AF1

Chinese

trad.		諱
simp.		讳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	qʷɯl, ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	ɢʷɯl, ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	ɢʷɯl, ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰʷɯls) : semantic 言 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵, wai³
Min Dong (BUC): hói
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hùi
(Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ / hui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴
  - Yale: hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
  - Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵, wai³
  - Yale: wáih, wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵, wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵, wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi
  - Tâi-lô: huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui³ / hui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi / húi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³/, /hui⁵²/

Middle Chinese: /hʉi^H/

Rime
Character	諱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj^H/
Li Rong	/xiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	諱
Reading #	1/1
No.	12812
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	諱
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷɯls/

Definitions

諱

to avoid mentioning
to avoid; to regard as taboo
taboo
(historical) name of a deceased emperor or elder
(obsolete) to fear; to dread
(obsolete, euphemistic) to die

Compounds

Derived terms from 諱

上諱下諱／上讳下讳
不可諱／不可讳
不可諱言／不可讳言
不知忌諱／不知忌讳
不諱／不讳 (bùhuì)
不諱之朝／不讳之朝
不諱之變／不讳之变
不諱之路／不讳之路
不諱之門／不讳之门
不諱言／不讳言
以言為諱／以言为讳
偏諱／偏讳
入門問諱／入门问讳
內諱／内讳
公諱／公讳 (gōnghuì)
凶諱／凶讳
匿諱／匿讳
台諱／台讳
吃食諱食／吃食讳食
名諱／名讳 (mínghuì)
君諱／君讳 (jūnhuì)
問諱／问讳
國諱／国讳 (guóhuì)
填諱／填讳
大諱／大讳
奉諱／奉讳
官諱／官讳
家諱／家讳 (jiāhuì)
密諱／密讳
小諱／小讳
尤諱／尤讳
山諱／山讳
干諱／干讳
廟諱／庙讳
御諱／御讳
忌諱／忌讳 (jìhuì)
慚諱／惭讳
抑諱／抑讳
抵諱／抵讳

拒諱／拒讳
掩諱／掩讳
斥諱／斥讳
時諱／时讳
曲諱／曲讳
月諱／月讳
有諱／有讳
正言不諱／正言不讳
正諱／正讳
法諱／法讳
無可諱言／无可讳言 (wúkěhuìyán)
無庸諱言／无庸讳言
無所忌諱／无所忌讳
無諱／无讳
犯忌諱／犯忌讳
犯諱／犯讳
疑諱／疑讳
直言不諱／直言不讳 (zhíyánbùhuì)
直言勿諱／直言勿讳
直言無諱／直言无讳
直認不諱／直认不讳
私諱／私讳 (sīhuì)
稱諱／称讳
空諱／空讳
聖人諱／圣人讳 (shèngrénhuì)
聖諱／圣讳 (shènghuì)
胎諱／胎讳
臨文不諱／临文不讳
臺諱／台讳
褒諱／褒讳
觸諱／触讳
諱亡／讳亡
諱人／讳人
諱免／讳免
諱兵畏刑／讳兵畏刑
諱匿／讳匿
諱名／讳名
諱問／讳问
諱字／讳字

諱屈／讳屈
諱忌／讳忌
諱惡／讳恶
諱惡不悛／讳恶不悛
諱所／讳所
諱掩／讳掩
諱敗推過／讳败推过
諱日／讳日
諱樹數馬／讳树数马
諱死／讳死
諱犬／讳犬
諱生／讳生
諱疾／讳疾
諱疾忌醫／讳疾忌医 (huìjíjìyī)
諱窮／讳穷
諱老／讳老
諱莫如深／讳莫如深 (huìmòrúshēn)
諱蔽／讳蔽
諱言／讳言 (huìyán)
諱訐／讳讦
諱諛／讳谀
諱蹟／讳迹
諱辟／讳辟
諱過／讳过
諱過稱善／讳过称善
諱避／讳避
諱門／讳门
諱隱／讳隐
諱飾／讳饰
諱飾格／讳饰格
護諱／护讳
轉喉觸諱／转喉触讳
辟諱／辟讳
連諱／连讳
避諱／避讳 (bìhuì)
隱諱／隐讳 (yǐnhuì)
革諱／革讳
題諱／题讳

References

“諱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

諱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

"real" name used during life, as opposed to a posthumous name

Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)
Kun: いむ (imu, 諱む); いみな (imina, 諱)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
諱
いみな Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 諱 – see the following entry.

【いみな】

[noun] personal name of a ruler, taboo to use during their lifetime

[noun] posthumous name

Alternative spellings
諱, 忌み名

(This term, 諱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

諱 (eum 휘 (hwi))

conceal
shun
regard as taboo

Vietnamese

Han character

諱: Hán Nôm readings: húy/huý

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