慧

慧 U+6167, 慧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6167 ← 慦 [U+6166] CJK Unified Ideographs 慨 → [U+6168]

Translingual

Han character

慧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一心 (QJSMP), four-corner 5533₇, composition ⿱彗心)

Derived Characters

• 嚖 懳 㩨 㬩 櫘 䎚 譿(𬤭) 䡺
• 𡣺 𢅫 𤑡 𤪳 𥣴 𦇀 𦢔 𨯚 𩏲 𪔊 𫗆 𥶙 𧁜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11116
• Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2340, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6167

Chinese

trad.		慧
simp. #		慧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 慧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
櫘	*sqʰʷeds
彗	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids
篲	*sɢʷeds
鏏	*sɢʷeds
槥	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
轊	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
熭	*ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad
嘒	*qʰʷeːds
暳	*qʰʷeːds
嚖	*qʰʷeds
慧	*ɡʷeːds
蔧	*sɢʷids
雪	*sqʰʷed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːds): phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai⁶ / wai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): fii⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fi

  (Hailu, HRS): fui^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fi⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): hui³
• Eastern Min (BUC): hiê
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): he⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hūi / hōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui⁶ / goi⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei⁴

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• 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): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ / wai³
    • Yale: waih / wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ / wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ / wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fii⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fui^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /fui³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hui³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: he⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /he¹¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: he⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /he²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
    • Tâi-lô: huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe
    • Tâi-lô: huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui⁶ / goi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭi / kōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³⁵/, /koi¹¹/

Note:

• hui6 - literary;
• goi7 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we
    • MiniDict: we^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwejH

Rime
Character	慧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡桂切
Baxter	hwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjH/
Li Rong	/ɣueiH/
Wang Li	/ɣiweiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiweiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤe[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁe[t]-s/
English	intelligent
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	慧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5474
Phonetic component	彗
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	慧
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːds/

Definitions

慧

1. bright; intelligent

   Synonym: 聰 / 聪 (cōng)

2. intelligence

Compounds

• 不慧
• 人工智慧 (réngōng zhìhuì)
• 內慧 / 内慧
• 別具慧眼 / 别具慧眼
• 好行小慧
• 宿慧
• 慧典
• 慧劍 / 慧剑
• 慧南
• 慧寂
• 慧心 (huìxīn)
• 慧心巧思
• 慧心巧手
• 慧思
• 慧悟
• 慧文
• 慧日
• 慧根 (huìgēn)
• 慧業 / 慧业
• 慧沼
• 慧海
• 慧火
• 慧皎
• 慧目
• 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
• 慧眼獨具 / 慧眼独具
• 慧給 / 慧给
• 慧能 (Huìnéng)
• 慧覺 / 慧觉
• 慧遠 / 慧远
• 慧黠 (huìxiá)
• 拾人牙慧 (shírényáhuì)
• 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
• 早慧 (zǎohuì)
• 明慧 (mínghuì)
• 智慧 (zhìhuì)
• 智慧劍 / 智慧剑
• 智慧城 (Zhìhuìchéng)
• 牙後慧 / 牙后慧
• 牙慧
• 獨具慧眼 / 独具慧眼
• 璅慧
• 福慧
• 秀外慧中 (xiùwàihuìzhōng)
• 穎慧 / 颖慧
• 聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
• 詠雪之慧 / 咏雪之慧
• 賢慧 / 贤慧 (xiánhuì)
• 靈慧 / 灵慧
• 黠慧 (xiáhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慧):

• → Korean: 혜(慧) (hye)
• → Vietnamese: tuệ (慧)

References

• “慧”, 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–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “慧”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 157.