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(Kangxi radical 61, +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一心 (QJSMP), four-corner 55337, composition)

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| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | --------------------------- | | | *sqʰʷeds | | | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids | | | *sɢʷeds | | | *sɢʷeds | | | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds | | | *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds | | | *ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad | | | *qʰʷeːds | | | *qʰʷeːds | | | *qʰʷeds | | | *ɡʷeːds | | | *sɢʷids | | | *sqʰʷed |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡʷeːds) : phonetic (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids) + semantic (“heart”).

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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) huì
MiddleChinese hwejH
OldChinese /*[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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5474
Phoneticcomponent
Rimegroup
Rimesubdivision 2
CorrespondingMC rime
OldChinese /*ɡʷeːds/

  1. bright; intelligent
    Synonym: (cōng)
  2. intelligence
Shinjitai
Kyūjitai[1] 慧󠄁慧+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1)
慧󠄄慧+󠄄?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho)
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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. wise

慧(けい) or 慧(さとし) (Kei or Satoshi)

  1. a male given name

  2. ^ 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)

(eumhun 슬기로울 (seulgiroul hye))

  1. wise, intelligent, bright, wisdom
  2. cunning, craft, wile
  3. ability

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