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

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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: 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/

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• 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	/hʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hujH/
Li Rong	/xiuəiH/
Wang Li	/xĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯iH/
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

1. to avoid mentioning
2. to avoid; to regard as taboo
3. taboo
4. (historical) name of a deceased emperor or elder
5. (obsolete) to fear; to dread
6. (obsolete, euphemistic) to die

Compounds

• 上諱下諱 / 上讳下讳
• 不可諱 / 不可讳
• 不可諱言 / 不可讳言
• 不知忌諱 / 不知忌讳
• 不諱 / 不讳 (bùhuì)
• 不諱之朝 / 不讳之朝
• 不諱之變 / 不讳之变
• 不諱之路 / 不讳之路
• 不諱之門 / 不讳之门
• 不諱言 / 不讳言
• 以言為諱 / 以言为讳
• 偏諱 / 偏讳
• 入門問諱 / 入门问讳
• 內諱 / 内讳
• 公諱 / 公讳 (gōnghuì)
• 凶諱
• 匿諱 / 匿讳
• 台諱
• 名諱 / 名讳 (mínghuì)
• 吃食諱食 / 吃食讳食
• 君諱 / 君讳 (jūnhuì)
• 問諱 / 问讳
• 國諱 / 国讳 (guóhuì)
• 填諱 / 填讳
• 大諱 / 大讳
• 奉諱 / 奉讳
• 官諱 / 官讳
• 家諱 / 家讳 (jiāhuì)
• 密諱 / 密讳
• 小諱 / 小讳
• 尤諱 / 尤讳
• 山諱 / 山讳
• 干諱
• 廟諱 / 庙讳
• 御諱 / 御讳
• 忌諱 / 忌讳 (jìhuì)
• 慚諱 / 惭讳
• 抑諱 / 抑讳
• 抵諱 / 抵讳
• 拒諱 / 拒讳
• 掩諱 / 掩讳
• 斥諱 / 斥讳
• 時諱 / 时讳
• 曲諱 / 曲讳
• 月諱 / 月讳
• 有諱 / 有讳
• 正言不諱 / 正言不讳
• 正諱 / 正讳
• 法諱 / 法讳
• 無可諱言 / 无可讳言 (wúkěhuìyán)
• 無庸諱言 / 无庸讳言
• 無所忌諱 / 无所忌讳
• 無諱 / 无讳
• 犯忌諱 / 犯忌讳
• 犯諱 / 犯讳
• 疑諱 / 疑讳
• 直言不諱 / 直言不讳 (zhíyánbùhuì)
• 直言勿諱 / 直言勿讳
• 直言無諱 / 直言无讳
• 直認不諱 / 直认不讳
• 私諱 / 私讳 (sīhuì)
• 稱諱 / 称讳
• 空諱 / 空讳
• 聖人諱 / 圣人讳 (shèngrénhuì)
• 聖諱 / 圣讳 (shènghuì)
• 胎諱 / 胎讳
• 臨文不諱 / 临文不讳
• 臺諱 / 台讳
• 褒諱 / 褒讳
• 觸諱 / 触讳
• 諱亡 / 讳亡
• 諱人 / 讳人
• 諱免 / 讳免
• 諱兵畏刑 / 讳兵畏刑
• 諱匿 / 讳匿
• 諱名 / 讳名
• 諱問 / 讳问
• 諱字 / 讳字
• 諱屈 / 讳屈
• 諱忌 / 讳忌
• 諱惡 / 讳恶
• 諱惡不悛 / 讳恶不悛
• 諱所 / 讳所
• 諱掩 / 讳掩
• 諱敗推過 / 讳败推过
• 諱日 / 讳日
• 諱樹數馬 / 讳树数马
• 諱死 / 讳死
• 諱犬 / 讳犬
• 諱生 / 讳生
• 諱疾 / 讳疾
• 諱疾忌醫 / 讳疾忌医 (huìjíjìyī)
• 諱窮 / 讳穷
• 諱老 / 讳老
• 諱莫如深 / 讳莫如深 (huìmòrúshēn)
• 諱蔽 / 讳蔽
• 諱言 / 讳言 (huìyán)
• 諱訐 / 讳讦
• 諱諛 / 讳谀
• 諱蹟 / 讳迹
• 諱辟
• 諱過 / 讳过
• 諱過稱善 / 讳过称善
• 諱避 / 讳避
• 諱門 / 讳门
• 諱隱 / 讳隐
• 諱飾 / 讳饰
• 諱飾格 / 讳饰格
• 護諱 / 护讳
• 轉喉觸諱 / 转喉触讳
• 辟諱
• 連諱 / 连讳
• 避諱 / 避讳 (bìhuì)
• 隱諱 / 隐讳 (yǐnhuì)
• 革諱 / 革讳
• 題諱 / 题讳

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)

1. "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))

1. conceal
2. shun
3. regard as taboo

Vietnamese

Han character

諱: Hán Nôm readings: húy/huý

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