諱

See also: 讳

諱	U+8AF1, 諱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AF1

← 諰
[U+8AF0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

諲 →
[U+8AF2]

Translingual

Han character

諱 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木一手 (YRDMQ), four-corner 0465₆, composition ⿰訁韋)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1171, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35733
Dae Jaweon: page 1636, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4003, character 3
Unihan data for U+8AF1

Chinese

trad.		諱
simp.		讳

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷɯls) : semantic 言 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ / wai³
Eastern Min (BUC): hói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ / hui²

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: wai⁵ / wai³
  - Yale: wáih / wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ / wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ / wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi
  - Tâi-lô: huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui³ / hui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi / húi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³/, /hui⁵²/

Middle Chinese: xjw+jH

Rime
Character	諱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許貴切
Baxter	xjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj^H/
Li Rong	/xiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	諱
Reading #	1/1
No.	12812
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	諱
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷɯls/

Definitions

諱

to avoid mentioning
to avoid; to regard as taboo
taboo
(historical) name of a deceased emperor or elder
(obsolete) to fear; to dread
(obsolete, euphemistic) to die

Compounds

References

“諱”, 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

諱

(Hyōgai kanji)

"real" name used during life, as opposed to a posthumous name

Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)
Kun: いむ (imu, 諱む)、いみな (imina, 諱)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
諱
いみな Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 諱 – see the following entry.

【いみな】

[noun] personal name of a ruler, taboo to use during their lifetime

[noun] posthumous name

Alternative spelling
忌み名

(This term, 諱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

諱 (eum 휘 (hwi))

conceal
shun
regard as taboo

Vietnamese

Han character

諱: Hán Nôm readings: húy/huý

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