# 卉

| 卉 | U+5349, &#21321; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5349 |
| ← 午 [U+5348] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 半 → [U+534A] |
| 卉 | U+2F82C, &#194604; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82C |
| ← 北 [U+2F82B] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 卑 → [U+2F82D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

卉 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十廿 (JT), four-corner 4044$_0$, composition ⿱十廾)

#### Derived characters

* 奔, 賁/贲, 㫩, 枿, 桒, 泋, 𠛟, 𠱥, 𢱭, 𥊊, 𥑾/𥓈, 𥮈, 𦯨, 𦶫, 𬜦, 𧫵, 𨐟, 𨒍, 𩚰, 𩝃/𩞳/𩞴, 𢍃, 𠦪, 𡮃, 𢞨/𢡘, 𩿜/䴅, 鼖, 䯵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2706
* Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5349
* Unihan data for U+2F82C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卉 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 卉 | *hmɯlʔ, *hmɯls |
| 芔 | *hmɯls |
| 泋 | *hmɯls |

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huì (hui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^2$ / wai$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi / hùi / hūi
* 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$^2$ / wai$^5$
*** Yale: wái / wáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^2$ / wai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^2$ / wei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi / hùi / hūi
*** Tâi-lô: huí / huì / huī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huie, huix, hui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³/, /hui²¹/, /hui²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/, /hui⁴¹/, /hui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/, /hui²¹/, /hui²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/, /hui¹¹/, /hui³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/, /hui²¹/, /hui³³/
* Middle Chinese: xjw+jX, xjw+jH
Rime :
| Character | 卉 | 卉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 許偉切 | 許貴切 |
| Baxter | xjw+jX | xjw+jH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hʉi$^X$/ | /hʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷɨi$^X$/ | /hʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiuəi$^X$/ | /xiuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /huj$^X$/ | /huj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiuəi$^X$/ | /xiuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭwəi$^X$/ | /xĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xwe̯i$^X$/ | /xwe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huǐ | huì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fai$^2$ | fai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯlʔ/, /*hmɯls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 卉 | 卉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5457 | 5458 |
| Phonetic component | 卉 | 卉 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 虺 | 諱 |
| Old Chinese | /*hmɯlʔ/ | /*hmɯls/ |

### Definitions

卉
* plants
    奇花異卉／奇花异卉 ― qíhuāyìhuì ― unusual flowers and exotic plants
* flowers
    奇卉怪草 ― qíhuìguàicǎo ― strange flowers and weird grass
* a surname

### Compounds

* 卉花
* 奇卉
* 奇卉怪草
* 奇花異卉／奇花异卉
* 奇葩異卉／奇葩异卉

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), a00436

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)
* Kun: くさ (kusa, 卉)

## Korean
### Hanja

卉 (eum 훼 (hwe))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

卉: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, hủy/huỷ
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