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)

References
  • KangXi: 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
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, OC *ɡʷeːds) : phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hui6 - literary;
  • goi7 - vernacular.
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦweiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷeiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣueiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣiweiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣiweiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai6
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)
  • 好行小慧
  • 宿慧
  • 慧典
  • 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
  • 慧沼
  • 慧海
  • 內慧／内慧
  • 別具慧眼／别具慧眼
  • 慧劍／慧剑
  • 慧業／慧业
  • 慧眼獨具／慧眼独具
  • 慧給／慧给
  • 慧覺／慧觉
  • 慧遠／慧远
  • 智慧劍／智慧剑
  • 牙後慧／牙后慧
  • 獨具慧眼／独具慧眼
  • 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

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (慧):
  • → Korean: 혜(慧) (hye)

Japanese
Shinjitai 慧
Kyūjitai
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慧󠄁
慧+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
慧󠄄
慧+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
慧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. wise

Readings

Proper noun

慧(けい) or 慧(さとし) • (Kei or Satoshi) 

  1. a male given name

References
  1. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 894 (paper), page 497 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

Korean

Hanja

慧, eumhun 슬기로울 혜 (seulgiroul hye)

  1. wise, intelligent, bright, wisdom
  2. cunning, craft, wile
  3. ability

Vietnamese

Han character

慧: Hán Nôm readings: Huệ

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