# 輝

| 輝 | U+8F1D, &#36637; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F1D |
| ← 輜 [U+8F1C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 輞 → [U+8F1E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

輝 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火山月十十 (FUBJJ), four-corner 9725$_6$, composition ⿰光軍)

#### Derived characters

* 𦇊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1244, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38372
* Dae Jaweon: page 1721, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3538, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8F1D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 輝
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* 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 光 (“light; bright”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huī (hui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fî
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hŭi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$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
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
*** Tâi-lô: hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$hue
*** MiniDict: hue$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$hue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: xjw+j
Rime :
| Character | 輝 |
| 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 | 輝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰər/ |
| English | brilliant |
| 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 | 輝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7304 |
| Phonetic component | 軍 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 揮 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰul/ |
| Notes | 同煇 |

### Definitions

輝
* brightness; lustre; brilliance; radiance; splendour
* to shine upon

### Compounds

* 上下爭輝 / 上下争辉
* 丹輝 / 丹辉
* 二輝 / 二辉
* 交相輝映 / 交相辉映
* 交輝 / 交辉 (jiāohuī)
* 光輝 / 光辉 (guānghuī)
* 光輝奪目 / 光辉夺目
* 光輝燦爛 / 光辉灿烂 (guānghuīcànlàn)
* 兔輝 / 兔辉
* 冰輝 / 冰辉
* 初輝 / 初辉
* 南極星輝 / 南极星辉
* 南極騰輝 / 南极腾辉
* 古銅輝石 / 古铜辉石
* 吐輝 / 吐辉
* 垂輝 / 垂辉
* 增輝 / 增辉
* 娥輝 / 娥辉
* 容輝 / 容辉
* 寸輝 / 寸辉
* 弧帨齊輝 / 弧帨齐辉
* 弦輝 / 弦辉
* 徂輝 / 徂辉
* 後先輝映 / 后先辉映
* 德輝 / 德辉
* 恆輝 / 恒辉
* 恩輝 / 恩辉
* 慶輝 / 庆辉 (qìnghuī)
* 揚輝 / 扬辉
* 文輝 / 文辉
* 斗室生輝
* 斜輝 / 斜辉
* 明輝 / 明辉
* 星月交輝 / 星月交辉 (xīng yuè jiāohuī)
* 春輝 / 春辉
* 映輝 / 映辉
* 景輝 / 景辉
* 晶輝 / 晶辉
* 桃李爭輝 / 桃李争辉
* 極婺聯輝 / 极婺联辉
* 榮輝 / 荣辉
* 淳輝 / 淳辉
* 清輝 / 清辉
* 澄輝 / 澄辉
* 潛輝 / 潜辉
* 灼灼輝輝 / 灼灼辉辉
* 炎輝 / 炎辉
* 炳輝 / 炳辉
* 烈輝 / 烈辉
* 熠熠生輝 / 熠熠生辉
* 燈火輝煌 / 灯火辉煌
* 燈燭輝煌 / 灯烛辉煌
* 爛輝輝 / 烂辉辉
* 爭輝 / 争辉
* 珠璧交輝 / 珠璧交辉
* 珠璧聯輝 / 珠璧联辉
* 珠輝玉麗 / 珠辉玉丽
* 生輝 / 生辉
* 發輝 / 发辉
* 祥輝 / 祥辉
* 素輝 / 素辉
* 纖輝 / 纤辉
* 聖輝 / 圣辉
* 芸輝 / 芸辉
* 華輝 / 华辉
* 蓬屋生輝 / 蓬屋生辉
* 蓬蓽增輝 / 蓬荜增辉
* 蓬蓽有輝 / 蓬荜有辉
* 蓬蓽生輝 / 蓬荜生辉
* 蓬門生輝 / 蓬门生辉
* 蓬閭生輝 / 蓬闾生辉
* 蕓輝 / 芸辉
* 虹輝 / 虹辉
* 蟾輝 / 蟾辉
* 被褐藏輝 / 被褐藏辉
* 西輝 / 西辉
* 詭輝 / 诡辉
* 貞輝 / 贞辉
* 輝光 / 辉光 (huīguāng)
* 輝光放電 / 辉光放电
* 輝光日新 / 辉光日新
* 輝子 / 辉子
* 輝容 / 辉容
* 輝彩 / 辉彩
* 輝映 / 辉映 (huīyìng)
* 輝景 / 辉景
* 輝格黨 / 辉格党
* 輝榮 / 辉荣
* 輝烈 / 辉烈
* 輝然 / 辉然
* 輝煥 / 辉焕
* 輝煌 / 辉煌 (huīhuáng)
* 輝照 / 辉照
* 輝煌奪目 / 辉煌夺目
* 輝煌金碧 / 辉煌金碧
* 輝熠 / 辉熠
* 輝燭 / 辉烛
* 輝爛 / 辉烂
* 輝特 / 辉特
* 輝皇 / 辉皇
* 輝石 / 辉石 (huīshí)
* 輝粲 / 辉粲
* 輝綠岩 / 辉绿岩
* 輝縣 / 辉县 (Huīxiàn)
* 輝耀 / 辉耀
* 輝華 / 辉华
* 輝藻 / 辉藻
* 輝赫 / 辉赫
* 輝輝 / 辉辉
* 輪輝 / 轮辉
* 輝銀礦 / 辉银矿
* 輝銅礦 / 辉铜矿
* 輝銻礦 / 辉锑矿
* 輝長岩 / 辉长岩
* 輝音 / 辉音
* 輝章 / 辉章
* 輝風 / 辉风
* 輝麗 / 辉丽
* 連輝 / 连辉
* 遺輝 / 遗辉
* 金璧輝煌 / 金璧辉煌
* 金碧輝映 / 金碧辉映 (jīnbìhuīyìng)
* 金碧輝煌 / 金碧辉煌 (jīnbìhuīhuáng)
* 金輝 / 金辉
* 金輝玉潔 / 金辉玉洁
* 銀輝 / 银辉
* 鋩輝 / 铓辉
* 鋰輝石 / 锂辉石 (lǐhuīshí)
* 陽輝 / 阳辉
* 雪輝 / 雪辉
* 霜輝 / 霜辉
* 霞輝 / 霞辉
* 靈輝 / 灵辉
* 青輝 / 青辉
* 韜輝 / 韬辉
* 顧盼生輝 / 顾盼生辉
* 餘輝 / 余辉 (yúhuī)
* 馳輝 / 驰辉
* 騰輝 / 腾辉
* 鬥艷爭輝 / 斗艳争辉
* 鮮輝 / 鲜辉
* 鴻輝 / 鸿辉
* 黃輝 / 黄辉

### References

* “輝”, 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

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: かがやく (kagayaku, 輝く, Jōyō)、かがやかしい (kagayakashii, 輝かしい)、てる (teru, 輝る)
* Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、てる (teru)、ひかる (hikaru)

#### Compounds

* 輝映
* 輝赫
* 輝煥
* 輝輝
* 輝光
* 輝煌
* 輝耀
* 輝星

### Proper noun

* Kanji in this term
* 輝
* あきら Grade: S
* nanori
輝(あきら) • (Akira)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 輝 (MC xjw+j).

### Hanja

Wikisource 輝 (eumhun 빛날 휘 (binnal hwi))
* hanja form of 휘 (“shine; brightness”)

#### Compounds

* 광휘 (光輝, gwanghwi)
* 여휘 (餘輝, yeohwi)
* 휘광 (輝光, hwigwang)
* 휘도 (輝度, hwido, “luminance; brightness”)
* 휘석 (輝石, hwiseok, “pyroxene”)
* 휘선 (輝線, hwiseon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

輝: Hán Nôm readings: huy
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