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 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 3, page 1925, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+63EE

Chinese

trad. 揮
simp. 挥
alternative forms 𢰄
㩣/𫾉
𢱳
𨍂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 揮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰul) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Pronunciation



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
Baxter xjw+j
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fai1
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

  1. to wield; to wave; to brandish
  2. to direct; to command
  3. to wipe away
  4. to disperse; to scatter
  5. to squander
  6. † Alternative form of 徽 (huī, “emblem”).
Compounds
  • 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
  • 揮春/挥春
  • 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 (huīsǎzìrú)
  • 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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fight.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Definitions

揮 (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to fight
  2. (by extension) to compare; to compete
    冇得揮/冇得挥 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 dak1 fai1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

References

Japanese

Kanji

揮

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. Brandish

Readings

  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ふるう (furū, 揮う)

Korean

Hanja

揮 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune–Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

揮: Hán Nôm readings: huy, huơi, hoay, hươi, loay

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