# 慧

| 慧 | U+6167, &#24935; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6167 |
| ← 慦 [U+6166] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 慨 → [U+6168] |

## Translingual
### Han character

慧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一心 (QJSMP), four-corner 5533$_7$, composition ⿱彗心)

#### Derived Characters

* 嚖 懳 㩨 㬩 櫘 䎚 譿(𬤭) 䡺
* 𡣺 𢅫 𤑡 𤪳 𥣴 𦇀 𦢔 𨯚 𩏲 𪔊 𫗆 𥶙 𧁜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11116
* Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2340, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6167

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 櫘 | *sqʰʷeds |
| 彗 | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids |
| 篲 | *sɢʷeds |
| 鏏 | *sɢʷeds |
| 槥 | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds |
| 轊 | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds |
| 熭 | *ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad |
| 嘒 | *qʰʷeːds |
| 暳 | *qʰʷeːds |
| 嚖 | *qʰʷeds |
| 慧 | *ɡʷeːds |
| 蔧 | *sɢʷids |
| 雪 | *sqʰʷed |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːds): phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huì (hui$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai$^6$ / wai$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fii$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hui$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hiê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hūi / hōe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^6$ / goi$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei$^4$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hui$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
*** Sinological IPA : /xuei²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^6$ / wai$^3$
*** Yale: waih / wai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$ / wai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$ / wei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fii$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɨi¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê
*** Sinological IPA : /hiɛ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
*** Tâi-lô: huī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hui
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe
*** Tâi-lô: huē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoe
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^6$ / goi$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭi / kōi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³⁵/, /koi¹¹/
* hui6 - literary;
* goi7 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: hwejH
Rime :
| Character | 慧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡桂切 |
| Baxter | hwejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣiwei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤe[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 慧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷˁe[t]-s/ |
| English | intelligent |
| 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 | 慧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5474 |
| Phonetic component | 彗 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 慧 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeːds/ |

### Definitions

慧
* bright; intelligent
    Synonym: 聰 / 聪 (cōng)
* intelligence

### Compounds

* 不慧
* 人工智慧 (réngōng zhìhuì)
* 內慧 / 内慧
* 別具慧眼 / 别具慧眼
* 好行小慧
* 宿慧
* 慧典
* 慧劍 / 慧剑
* 慧南
* 慧寂
* 慧心 (huìxīn)
* 慧心巧思
* 慧心巧手
* 慧思
* 慧悟
* 慧文
* 慧日
* 慧根 (huìgēn)
* 慧業 / 慧业
* 慧沼
* 慧海
* 慧火
* 慧皎
* 慧目
* 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
* 慧眼獨具 / 慧眼独具
* 慧給 / 慧给
* 慧能 (Huìnéng)
* 慧覺 / 慧觉
* 慧遠 / 慧远
* 慧黠 (huìxiá)
* 拾人牙慧 (shírényáhuì)
* 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
* 早慧 (zǎohuì)
* 明慧 (mínghuì)
* 智慧 (zhìhuì)
* 智慧劍 / 智慧剑
* 智慧城 (Zhìhuìchéng)
* 牙後慧 / 牙后慧
* 牙慧
* 獨具慧眼 / 独具慧眼
* 璅慧
* 福慧
* 秀外慧中 (xiùwàihuìzhōng)
* 穎慧 / 颖慧
* 聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
* 詠雪之慧 / 咏雪之慧
* 賢慧 / 贤慧 (xiánhuì)
* 靈慧 / 灵慧
* 黠慧 (xiáhuì)

### Descendants

* → Korean: 혜(慧) (hye)
* → Vietnamese: tuệ (慧)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 慧 |
| Kyūjitai | 慧󠄁 慧+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 慧󠄄 慧+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* wise

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* Kun: さとい (satoi, 慧い)、さとる (satoru, 慧る)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、さと (sato)、さとし (satoshi)、さとる (satoru)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 慧
* けい Jinmeiyō
* kan'on
* Kanji in this term
* 慧
* さとし Jinmeiyō
* nanori
* Kanji in this term
* 慧
* とし Jinmeiyō
* nanori

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ke̞ː]
* (Tokyo) さとし [sáꜜtòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [sa̠to̞ɕi]
* (Tokyo) とし [tóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [to̞ɕi]

#### Proper noun

慧(けい) or 慧(さとし) or 慧(とし) • (Kei or Satoshi or Toshi)
* a male given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 慧
* え Jinmeiyō
* goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 慧 – see the following entry. :
| 【恵え】S | [affix] 恵, 慧: clever; smart; wise; intelligent [noun] 恵, 慧: enlightenment [noun] 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path) |
(This term, 慧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 894 (paper), page 497 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

慧 (eumhun 슬기로울 혜 (seulgiroul hye))
* wise, intelligent, bright, wisdom
* cunning, craft, wile
* ability

## Vietnamese
### Han character

慧: Hán Nôm readings: huệ, tuệ (wisdom, intelligence)