薈

See also: 荟

薈 U+8588, 薈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8588 ← 薇 [U+8587] CJK Unified Ideographs 薉 → [U+8589]

Translingual

Han character

薈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一日 (TOMA), four-corner 4460₆, composition ⿱艹會)

1. luxuriant, flourishing, abundant
2. gather together, cover

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32093
• Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8588

Chinese

trad.		薈
simp.		荟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譮	*qʰruːbs
會	*koːbs, *ɡoːbs
儈	*koːbs
膾	*koːbs
鱠	*koːbs
襘	*koːbs
禬	*koːbs, *ɡoːbs
檜	*koːbs, *koːd
旝	*koːbs
澮	*koːbs
鄶	*koːbs
廥	*koːbs
鬠	*koːbs, *ɡoːd
劊	*koːbs, *koːd
獪	*koːbs, *kroːbs
繪	*ɡoːbs
懀	*qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs
薈	*qoːbs
嬒	*qoːbs, *qoːd
瞺	*qoːbs
噲	*kʰroːbs
璯	*kʰroːbs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ / kui² / wui⁶ / wui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hue

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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 / kui² / wui⁶ / wui³
    • Yale: wai / kúi / wuih / wui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ / kui² / wui⁶ / wui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ / kui² / wui⁶ / wui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːi̯³⁵/, /wuːi̯²²/, /wuːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe
    • Tâi-lô: huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hue
    • MiniDict: hue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wajH

Rime
Character	薈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏外切
Baxter	'wajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwajH/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑiH/
Wang Li	/uɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薈
Reading #	1/1
No.	5511
Phonetic component	會
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	懀
Old Chinese	/*qoːbs/

Definitions

薈

1. (literary, of plants) flourishing; luxuriant
2. (literary, of plants) to flourish
3. to gather; to assemble

Compounds

• 人文薈萃／人文荟萃
• 翳薈／翳荟
• 薈萃／荟萃 (huìcuì)
• 薈萃一堂／荟萃一堂
• 薈蔚／荟蔚
• 薈集／荟集
• 蘆薈／芦荟 (lúhuì)

 

References

• “薈”, 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

薈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: わい (wai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: しげる (shigeru)、くさむら (kusamura)、おおう (ōu)