褘

See also: 袆 and 祎

褘 U 8918, 褘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8918 ← 褗 [U 8917] CJK Unified Ideographs 褙 → [U 8919]

Translingual

Han character

褘 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣 9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中木一手 (LDMQ), four-corner 3525₆, composition ⿰衤韋)

1. ceremonial robe of empress worn in time of sacrifice

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1121, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34453
• Dae Jaweon: page 1589, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3105, character 2
• Unihan data for U 8918

Chinese

trad.		褘
simp.		袆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Etymology 1: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷɯl) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Etymology 2: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷɯl) : phonetic 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls) semantic 韋. To prevent confusion it is more commonly written as 禕／祎 (yī).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ / wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fai¹ / wai⁴
    • Yale: fāi / wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ / wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ / wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xjw j

Rime
Character	褘
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	fai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褘
Reading #	1/1
No.	12811
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	揮
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷɯl/

Definitions

褘

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 褘 – see 禕 (“excellent, rare; beautiful, fine”). (This character is the simplified form of 禕).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• “褘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

褘

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ceremonial gowns of a queen

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)、きく (kiku)
• Kun: ひざかけ (hizakake)

Korean

Hanja

褘 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

1. beautiful
2. handkerchief
3. ceremonial gowns of a queen