# 薈

| 薈 | U+8588, &#34184; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8588 |
| ← 薇 [U+8587] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薉 → [U+8589] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一日 (TOMA), four-corner 4460$_6$, composition ⿱艹會)
* luxuriant, flourishing, abundant
* gather together, cover

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32093
* Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8588

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 譮 | *qʰruːbs |
| 會 | *koːbs, *ɡoːbs |
| 儈 | *koːbs |
| 膾 | *koːbs |
| 鱠 | *koːbs |
| 襘 | *koːbs |
| 禬 | *koːbs, *ɡoːbs |
| 檜 | *koːbs, *koːd |
| 旝 | *koːbs |
| 澮 | *koːbs |
| 鄶 | *koːbs |
| 廥 | *koːbs |
| 鬠 | *koːbs, *ɡoːd |
| 劊 | *koːbs, *koːd |
| 獪 | *koːbs, *kroːbs |
| 繪 | *ɡoːbs |
| 懀 | *qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs |
| 薈 | *qoːbs |
| 嬒 | *qoːbs, *qoːd |
| 瞺 | *qoːbs |
| 噲 | *kʰroːbs |
| 璯 | *kʰroːbs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huì (hui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^3$ / kui$^2$ / wui$^6$ / wui$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōe
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$hue
* 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$^3$ / kui$^2$ / wui$^6$ / wui$^3$
*** Yale: wai / kúi / wuih / wui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^3$ / kui$^2$ / wui$^6$ / wui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^3$ / kui$^2$ / wui$^6$ / wui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːi̯³⁵/, /wuːi̯²²/, /wuːi̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe
*** Tâi-lô: huē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hue³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$hue
*** MiniDict: hue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$hue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'wajH
Rime :
| Character | 薈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (26) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏外切 |
| Baxter | 'wajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔuɑi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷɑi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔuɑi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔwaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔuɑi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /uɑi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔuɑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wui$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoːbs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5511 |
| Phonetic component | 會 |
| Rime group | 蓋 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 懀 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoːbs/ |

### Definitions

薈
* (literary, of plants) flourishing; luxuriant
* (literary, of plants) to flourish
* to gather; to assemble

#### Compounds

* 人文薈萃／人文荟萃
* 翳薈／翳荟
* 薈萃／荟萃 (huìcuì)
* 薈萃一堂／荟萃一堂
* 薈蔚／荟蔚
* 薈集／荟集
* 蘆薈／芦荟 (lúhuì)

### References

* “薈”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: かい (kai)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kan’yō-on: わい (wai)
* Kun: しげる (shigeru)、くさむら (kusamura)、おおう (ōu)