嚖

嚖 U+5696, 嚖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5696 ← 嚕 [U+5695] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚗 → [U+5697]

Translingual

Han character

嚖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口手十心 (RQJP), composition ⿰口慧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4510
• Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 698, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5696

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嚖
alternative forms		嘒

Glyph origin

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

	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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xwejH

Rime
Character	嚖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	呼惠切
Baxter	xwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hweiH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛjH/
Li Rong	/xueiH/
Wang Li	/xiweiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiweiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚖
Reading #	1/1
No.	5473
Phonetic component	彗
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嘒
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷeds/
Notes	說文同嘒

Definitions

嚖

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 84