揮

See also: 挥

揮 U+63EE, 揮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63EE ← 揭 [U+63ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 揯 → [U+63EF]

Translingual

Han character

揮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手月十十 (QBJJ), four-corner 5705₆, composition ⿰扌軍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 444, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12394
• Dae Jaweon: page 795, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1925, character 4
• Unihan data for U+63EE

Chinese

trad.		揮
simp.		挥
alternative forms		𢰄 㩣／𫾉 𢱳 𨍂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 揮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
揮	*qʰul
輝	*qʰul
翬	*qʰul
暉	*qʰul
煇	*qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
楎	*qʰul, *ɡuːn
瀈	*qʰul
韗	*qʰons, *ɢuns
褌	*kuːn
鶤	*kuːn, *ɢuns
緷	*kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
睴	*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
璭	*kuːns
瘒	*ŋɡuːn
顐	*ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
諢	*ŋɡuːns
餫	*ɡuːn, *ɢuns
渾	*ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
琿	*ɡuːn
鼲	*ɡuːn
堚	*ɡuːn
鯶	*ɡuːnʔ
軍	*kun
皸	*kun, *kuns
齳	*ŋɡunʔ
喗	*ŋɡunʔ
葷	*qʰun
惲	*qunʔ
賱	*qunʔ
運	*ɢuns
暈	*ɢuns
鄆	*ɢuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰul) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Etymology 1

Compare perhaps Burmese ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹hue; ⁵hue

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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
    • Yale: fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹hue; ⁵hue
    • MiniDict: hue^平; hue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hue; ²hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵³/, /hue³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjw+j

Rime
Character	揮
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰər/
English	wave, brandish
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	揮
Reading #	1/1
No.	7303
Phonetic component	軍
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	揮
Old Chinese	/*qʰul/

Definitions

揮

1. to wield; to wave; to brandish
2. to direct; to command
3. to wipe away
4. to disperse; to scatter
5. to squander
6. ^† Alternative form of 徽 (huī, “emblem”)

Compounds

• 一揮而就 / 一挥而就 (yīhuī'érjiù)
• 一揮而成 / 一挥而成
• 交通指揮 / 交通指挥
• 借題發揮 / 借题发挥 (jiètífāhuī)
• 手不停揮 / 手不停挥
• 手揮目送 / 手挥目送
• 指揮 / 指挥 (zhǐhuī)
• 指揮刀 / 指挥刀 (zhǐhuīdāo)
• 指揮官 / 指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān)
• 指揮導航 / 指挥导航
• 指揮棒 / 指挥棒 (zhǐhuībàng)
• 指揮艙 / 指挥舱
• 指揮若定 / 指挥若定 (zhǐhuīruòdìng)
• 指揮部 / 指挥部 (zhǐhuībù)
• 揮之不去 / 挥之不去 (huīzhībùqù)
• 揮兵 / 挥兵
• 揮別 / 挥别
• 揮劍成河 / 挥剑成河
• 揮動 / 挥动 (huīdòng)
• 揮師 / 挥师
• 揮戈 / 挥戈
• 揮戈反日 / 挥戈反日
• 揮戈回日 / 挥戈回日
• 揮手 / 挥手 (huīshǒu)
• 揮拍 / 挥拍
• 揮拳 / 挥拳
• 揮掌 / 挥掌
• 揮斥 / 挥斥
• 揮春 / 挥春
• 揮杆
• 揮毫 / 挥毫 (huīháo)
• 揮汗 / 挥汗
• 揮汗如雨 / 挥汗如雨
• 揮汗成雨 / 挥汗成雨
• 揮淚 / 挥泪 (huīlèi)
• 揮灑 / 挥洒 (huīsǎ)
• 揮灑自如 / 挥洒自如 (huīsǎzìrú)
• 揮發 / 挥发 (huīfā)
• 揮發油 / 挥发油
• 揮筆 / 挥笔
• 揮翰 / 挥翰
• 揮翰成風 / 挥翰成风
• 揮翰臨池 / 挥翰临池
• 揮舞 / 挥舞 (huīwǔ)
• 揮袂 / 挥袂
• 揮觴 / 挥觞
• 揮軍 / 挥军 (huījūn)
• 揮軍進擊 / 挥军进击
• 揮金 / 挥金
• 揮金如土 / 挥金如土 (huījīnrútǔ)
• 揮金霍玉 / 挥金霍玉
• 揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 揮霍無度 / 挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)
• 揮霍談笑 / 挥霍谈笑
• 揮髮油 / 挥发油
• 揮麈 / 挥麈 (huīzhǔ)
• 揮麈清談 / 挥麈清谈
• 擐甲揮戈 / 擐甲挥戈
• 發揮 / 发挥 (fāhuī)
• 目送手揮 / 目送手挥
• 郢匠揮斤 / 郢匠挥斤
• 魯陽揮戈 / 鲁阳挥戈

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fight.

Alternative forms

• fight

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fai¹
    • Yale: fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

揮 (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. to fight
2. (by extension) to compare; to compete

   冇得揮／冇得挥 [Cantonese]  ―  mou⁵ dak¹ fai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Japanese

Kanji

揮

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. Brandish

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふるう (furuu, 揮う)

Korean

Hanja

揮 • (hwi) (hangeul 휘, revised hwi, McCune–Reischauer hwi, Yale hwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

揮: Hán Nôm readings: huy, huơi, hoay, hươi, loay

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