# 恵

| 恵 | U+6075, &#24693; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6075 |
| ← 恴 [U+6074] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 恶 → [U+6076] |
| 恵 | U+FA6B, &#64107; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA6B |
| ← 頻 [U+FA6A] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 𤋮 → [U+FA6C] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 恵 |
| Simplified | 惠 |
| Traditional | 惠 |

### Han character

恵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十田心 (JWP), composition ⿱𤰔心)

#### Related characters

* 専

#### Descendants

* ゑ
* ヱ

#### See also

* 曺

#### Derived characters

* 穂, 𨫍, 𬾽

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 386, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10618
* Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2290, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6075
* Unihan data for U+FA6B

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 恵 – see 惠 (“benefit; favor; advantage; to benefit; to grant a favor; favor; to advantage; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 惠).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 恵 |
| Kyūjitai | 惠 |

### Glyph origin

Simplified from 惠 (叀 → 𤰔); compare 専.

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惠)
* blessing, grace
* favor
* wise
* kind, kindness
* fortunate

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
* Kun: めぐみ (megumi, 恵)、めぐむ (megumu, 恵む, Jōyō)、めぐまれる (megumareru, 恵まれる)
* Nanori: あい (ai)、あや (aya)、け (ke)、さと (sato)、さとし (satoshi)、しげ (shige)、しげる (shigeru)、へい (hei)、み (mi)、めぐる (meguru)、やす (yasu)

#### Compounds

* 恵方(えほう) (ehō)
* 恵愛(けいあい) (keiai)
* 恵子(けいこ) (Keiko)
* 恵顧(けいこ) (keiko)
* 恵贈(けいぞう) (keizō)
* 恵送(けいそう) (keisō), 御(ご)恵送(けいそう) (go-keisō)
* 恵投(けいとう) (keitō)
* 恵風(けいふう) (keifū)
* 恵与(けいよ) (keiyo)
* 恩恵(おんけい) (onkei)
* 互恵(ごけい) (gokei)
* 施恵(しけい) (shikei)
* 仁恵(じんけい) (jinkei)
* 特恵(とっけい) (tokkei)
* 余恵(よけい) (yokei)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 恵
* え Grade: S
* on'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 惠 (kyūjitai) 慧
/we/ → /e/
From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC hwejH), itself a translation of Sanskrit प्राज्ञा (prājñā, “wisdom”).
The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) え [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [e̞]

#### Affix

恵(え) • (e)
* 恵: blessing; grace; favor
* 恵, 慧: clever; smart; wise; intelligent

#### Noun

恵(え) • (e)
* 恵, 慧: enlightenment
    Synonym: 悟り (satori)
* 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)
    Synonyms: 知恵, 智慧 (chie); 般若 (hannya)
    Hypernym: 三学 (sangaku)

##### Usage notes

* The 慧 kanji appears to be more commonly used.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 恵
* けい Grade: S
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 惠 (kyūjitai)
/kwei/ → /kei/ → /keː/
From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC hwejH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

#### Proper noun

恵(けい) • (Kei)
* a unisex given name

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 恵
* めぐみ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 惠 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 恵(めぐ)む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

#### Proper noun

恵(めぐみ) • (Megumi)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 恵
* めぐむ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 惠 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

#### Proper noun

恵(めぐむ) • (Megumu)
* a male given name
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN