靧

靧 U+9767, 靧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9767 ← 靦 [U+9766] CJK Unified Ideographs 靨 → [U+9768]

Translingual

Han character

靧 (Kangxi radical 176, 面+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一田中一金 (MWLMC), composition ⿰面貴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1384, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42689
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4402, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9767

Chinese

trad.		靧
simp.		𫖃
alternative forms		頮／颒 湏 沬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡluːds) : semantic 面 + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: xwojH

Rime
Character	靧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	荒内切
Baxter	xwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/huoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəjH/
Li Rong	/xuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/xuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡluːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ xwojH ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁuj-s/
English	wash the face
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	靧
Reading #	1/1
No.	4715
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡluːds/

Definitions

靧

1. ^† to wash the face

   • 五日，則燂湯請浴，三日具沐，其間面垢，燂潘請靧；足垢，燂湯請洗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     五日，则燂汤请浴，三日具沐，其间面垢，燂潘请𫖃；足垢，燂汤请洗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Wǔ rì, zé tán tāng qǐng yù, sān rì jù mù, qíjiān miàn gòu, tán pān qǐng huì; zú gòu, tán tāng qǐng xǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 洗臉 (“to wash one's face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靧, 靧面
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		洗臉
Mandarin	Beijing	洗臉
	Taiwan	洗臉
	Harbin	洗臉
	Jinan	洗臉
	Luoyang	洗臉
	Xi'an	洗臉
	Yinchuan	洗臉
	Xining	洗臉
	Ürümqi	洗臉
	Wuhan	洗臉, 抹臉
	Chengdu	洗臉
	Guiyang	洗臉
	Guilin	洗臉
	Liuzhou	洗臉
	Xuzhou	洗臉
	Yangzhou	洗臉
	Nanjing	洗臉
	Hefei	洗臉
	Singapore	洗臉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	洗臉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	洗臉
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	洗臉
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	洗臉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	洗面
	Hong Kong	洗面
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	抹面, 洗面
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	洗面
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	洗面
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	洗面
	Macau	洗面
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	洗面
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	洗面
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	洗面
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	洗面
	Foshan	洗面
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	洗面
	Foshan (Shunde)	洗面
	Foshan (Sanshui)	洗面
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	洗面
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	洗面
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	洗面
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	洗面
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	洗面
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	洗面
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	洗面
	Taishan	洗面
	Kaiping (Chikan)	洗面
	Enping (Niujiang)	洗面
	Heshan (Yayao)	洗面
	Dongguan	洗面
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	洗面
	Yangjiang	洗面
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	洗面
	Singapore (Guangfu)	洗面
Gan	Nanchang	洗臉
	Lichuan	洗面
	Pingxiang	洗面
Hakka	Meixian	洗面
	Yudu	洗面
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	洗面
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	洗面
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	洗面
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	洗面
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	洗面
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	洗面
	Hong Kong	洗面
	Senai (Huiyang)	洗面
Jin	Taiyuan	洗臉
	Xinzhou	洗臉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洗面
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	洗面
	Zhenghe	洗面
	Pucheng (Shibei)	洗面
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	洗面
Southern Min	Xiamen	洗面
	Quanzhou	洗面
	Yongchun	洗面
	Zhangzhou	洗面
	Taipei	洗面
	Kaohsiung	洗面
	Yilan	洗面
	Changhua (Lukang)	洗面
	Taichung	洗面
	Taichung (Wuqi)	洗面
	Tainan	洗面
	Taitung	洗面
	Hsinchu	洗面
	Penghu (Magong)	洗面
	Penang (Hokkien)	洗面
	Singapore (Hokkien)	洗面
	Manila (Hokkien)	洗面
	Chaozhou	洗面
	Shantou	洗面
	Shantou (Chenghai)	洗面
	Bangkok (Teochew)	洗面
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	洗面
	Singapore (Teochew)	洗面
	Leizhou	洗面
	Haikou	洗面
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	洗面
Wu	Shanghai	揩面, 汏面
	Shanghai (Chongming)	揩面
	Suzhou	揩面, 搫面
	Danyang	洗面, 揩面
	Hangzhou	洗臉, 汏臉, 揩臉
	Wenzhou	洗面
	Jinhua	洗面
Xiang	Changsha	洗臉
	Shuangfeng	洗面

Compounds

• 靧面／𫖃面 (huìmiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

靧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wash face

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); け (ke)