徽

徽	U+5FBD, 徽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FBD

Translingual

Han character

徽 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲彳⿱山系攵)

Derived characters

𭐈, 𩽚, 𧃸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 372, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10267
Dae Jaweon: page 699, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 849, character 6
Unihan data for U+5FBD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		徽
2nd round simp.		辉
alternative forms		幑㫎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
矀	mrɯl, mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴	mrɯl, mɯːls
薇	mrɯl, mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmɯl) : abbreviated phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 糸 (“cloth”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
Gan (Wiktionary): fi¹
Jin (Wiktionary): hui¹
Northern Min (KCR): hó
Eastern Min (BUC): hŭi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hui

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹hue
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huei
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹
  - Yale: hwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
  - Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hui¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fai¹
  - Yale: fāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi⁴²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hui¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹hue
  - MiniDict: hue^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 徽
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuei²¹/
	Jinan	/xuei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xuei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuei²¹/
	Xining	/xuɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xuei³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xuei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xuəi³¹/
	Hefei	/xue²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuæ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xuei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/hue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/hue̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hui³³/
	Wenzhou	/fai³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xue³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕy¹¹/ /xuə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/fei³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɸəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɨi⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/fi⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/fui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɐi⁵³/
	Nanning	/fui⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/fɐi⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xo⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hui³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hui²³/

Middle Chinese: xjw+j

Rime
Character	徽
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥əj/

(Zhengzhang): /*hmɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥əj/
English	rope
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	徽
Reading #	1/1
No.	12806
Phonetic component	微
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	揮
Old Chinese	/*hmɯl/

Definitions

徽

^† rope; cord
^† to tie; to bind
badge; emblem; insignia
crest; logo; coat of arms
flag; banner
(literary) fine; beautiful; glorious
^† strings on a guqin
(of the guqin) white dots made of mother-of-pearl inlaid onto the surface board, marking the harmonic positions
^† to play the guqin
Short for 安徽 (Ānhuī).
Short for 徽州 (Huīzhōu).

Compounds

前徽
嗣徽
國徽／国徽 (guóhuī)
安徽 (Ānhuī)
宋徽宗
市徽
帽徽 (màohuī)
徽劇／徽剧 (Huījù)
徽嫿／徽婳
徽州 (Huīzhōu)
徽州區／徽州区
徽幟／徽帜
徽標／徽标 (huībiāo)
徽烈
徽班
徽索
徽絃／徽弦
徽縣／徽县 (Huīxiàn)
徽繣／徽𰬠
徽纆／徽𬙊
徽菜 (huīcài)
徽號／徽号 (huīhào)
徽言
徽記／徽记
徽語／徽语 (huīyǔ)
徽調／徽调
徽音
徽章 (huīzhāng)
徽墨
校徽 (xiàohuī)
淑教流徽
航徽
警徽 (jǐnghuī)
軍徽／军徽
音徽
黨徽／党徽 (dǎnghuī)
龍徽／龙徽

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 徽 – see 暉 (“sunlight; sunshine”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 暉).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

徽

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: け (ke)
Kan-on: き (ki)
Kun: よい (yoi, 徽い)、しるし (shirushi, 徽)

Korean

Hanja

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

a badge, insignia

Vietnamese

Han character

徽: Hán Nôm readings: huy

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