# 揮

| 揮 | U+63EE, &#25582; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63EE |
| ← 揭 [U+63ED] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 揯 → [U+63EF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

揮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手月十十 (QBJJ), four-corner 5705$_6$, composition ⿰扌軍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 444, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12394
* Dae Jaweon: page 795, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1925, character 4
* Unihan data for U+63EE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 揮 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 揮 | *qʰul |
| 輝 | *qʰul |
| 翬 | *qʰul |
| 暉 | *qʰul |
| 煇 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 楎 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn |
| 瀈 | *qʰul |
| 韗 | *qʰons, *ɢuns |
| 褌 | *kuːn |
| 鶤 | *kuːn, *ɢuns |
| 緷 | *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns |
| 睴 | *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 璭 | *kuːns |
| 瘒 | *ŋɡuːn |
| 顐 | *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn |
| 諢 | *ŋɡuːns |
| 餫 | *ɡuːn, *ɢuns |
| 渾 | *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 琿 | *ɡuːn |
| 鼲 | *ɡuːn |
| 堚 | *ɡuːn |
| 鯶 | *ɡuːnʔ |
| 軍 | *kun |
| 皸 | *kun, *kuns |
| 齳 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 喗 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 葷 | *qʰun |
| 惲 | *qunʔ |
| 賱 | *qunʔ |
| 運 | *ɢuns |
| 暈 | *ɢuns |
| 鄆 | *ɢuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰul): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

### Etymology 1

Compare perhaps Burmese ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huī (hui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fai$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hŭi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$hue; $^5$hue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huī
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huei
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^1$
*** Yale: hwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fai$^1$
*** Yale: fāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
*** Tâi-lô: hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huy
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$hue; $^5$hue
*** MiniDict: hue$^平$; hue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$hue; $^2$hue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵³/, /hue³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: xjw+j
Rime :
| Character | 揮 |
| 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 | fai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰər/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰul/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 揮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰər/ |
| English | wave, brandish |
| 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 | 揮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7303 |
| Phonetic component | 軍 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 揮 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰul/ |

#### Definitions

揮
* to wield; to wave; to brandish
* to direct; to command
* to wipe away
* to disperse; to scatter
* to squander
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 徽 (huī, “emblem”)

##### Compounds

* 一揮而就 / 一挥而就 (yīhuī'érjiù)
* 一揮而成 / 一挥而成
* 交通指揮 / 交通指挥
* 借題發揮 / 借题发挥 (jiètífāhuī)
* 手不停揮 / 手不停挥
* 手揮目送 / 手挥目送
* 指揮 / 指挥 (zhǐhuī)
* 指揮刀 / 指挥刀 (zhǐhuīdāo)
* 指揮官 / 指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān)
* 指揮導航 / 指挥导航
* 指揮棒 / 指挥棒 (zhǐhuībàng)
* 指揮艙 / 指挥舱
* 指揮若定 / 指挥若定 (zhǐhuīruòdìng)
* 指揮部 / 指挥部 (zhǐhuībù)
* 揮之不去 / 挥之不去 (huīzhībùqù)
* 揮兵 / 挥兵
* 揮別 / 挥别
* 揮劍成河 / 挥剑成河
* 揮動 / 挥动 (huīdòng)
* 揮師 / 挥师
* 揮戈 / 挥戈
* 揮戈反日 / 挥戈反日
* 揮戈回日 / 挥戈回日
* 揮手 / 挥手 (huīshǒu)
* 揮拍 / 挥拍
* 揮拳 / 挥拳
* 揮掌 / 挥掌
* 揮斥 / 挥斥
* 揮春 / 挥春
* 揮杆
* 揮毫 / 挥毫 (huīháo)
* 揮汗 / 挥汗
* 揮汗如雨 / 挥汗如雨 (huīhànrúyǔ)
* 揮汗成雨 / 挥汗成雨
* 揮淚 / 挥泪 (huīlèi)
* 揮灑 / 挥洒 (huīsǎ)
* 揮灑自如 / 挥洒自如 (huīsǎzìrú)
* 揮發 / 挥发 (huīfā)
* 揮發油 / 挥发油
* 揮筆 / 挥笔
* 揮翰 / 挥翰
* 揮翰成風 / 挥翰成风
* 揮翰臨池 / 挥翰临池
* 揮舞 / 挥舞 (huīwǔ)
* 揮袂 / 挥袂
* 揮觴 / 挥觞
* 揮軍 / 挥军 (huījūn)
* 揮軍進擊 / 挥军进击
* 揮金 / 挥金
* 揮金如土 / 挥金如土 (huījīnrútǔ)
* 揮金霍玉 / 挥金霍玉
* 揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
* 揮霍無度 / 挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)
* 揮霍談笑 / 挥霍谈笑
* 揮髮油 / 挥发油
* 揮麈 / 挥麈 (huīzhǔ)
* 揮麈清談 / 挥麈清谈
* 擐甲揮戈 / 擐甲挥戈
* 發揮 / 发挥 (fāhuī)
* 目送手揮 / 目送手挥
* 郢匠揮斤 / 郢匠挥斤
* 魯陽揮戈 / 鲁阳挥戈

#### References

* ↑ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WE Finals (160. to Move, turn up)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 18

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fight.

#### Alternative forms

* fight

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): fai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fai$^1$
*** Yale: fāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐi̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

揮 (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* to fight
* (by extension) to compare; to compete
    冇得揮／冇得挥 [Cantonese] ― mou$^5$ dak$^1$ fai$^1$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* Brandish

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふるう (furuu, 揮う)

## Korean
### Hanja

揮 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune–Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

揮: Hán Nôm readings: huy, huơi, hoay, hươi, loay
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