# 諱

| 諱 | U+8AF1, &#35569; 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 0465$_6$, composition ⿰訁韋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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／形声, OC *qʰʷɯls) : semantic 言 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huì (hui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^5$ / wai$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hói
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^3$ / hui$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^4$
*** Yale: hwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^5$ / wai$^3$
*** Yale: wáih / wai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^5$ / wai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^5$ / wei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hói
*** Sinological IPA : /hui²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (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: hui$^3$ / hui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi / húi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui²¹³/, /hui⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: xjw+jH
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 |
| Baxter | xjw+jH |
| 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 | fai$^3$ |
* 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

* 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
* 匿諱／匿讳
* 台諱
* 名諱／名讳 (mínghuì)
* 吃食諱食／吃食讳食
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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

(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 Hyōgai
* 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 spelling 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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