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)

luxuriant, flourishing, abundant
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 (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵hue

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
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵hue
  - MiniDict: hue^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue³⁴/

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	/ʔuɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑi^H/
Wang Li	/uɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑi^H/
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

(literary, of plants) flourishing; luxuriant
(literary, of plants) to flourish
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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

薈

(uncommon “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)

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