恵
See also: 惠
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TranslingualEdit
Japanese | 恵 |
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Simplified | 惠 |
Traditional | 惠 |
Han characterEdit
恵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十田心 (JWP), composition ⿱𤰔心)
Related charactersEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 386, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10618
- Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2290, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6075
ChineseEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of 恵 – see 惠 (“benefit; favor; advantage; to benefit; to grant a favor; favor; to advantage; etc.”). (This character, 恵, is a variant form of 惠.) |
JapaneseEdit
恵 | |
惠 |
Glyph originEdit
Simplified from 惠 (叀 → 𤰔); compare 専.
KanjiEdit
恵
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惠)
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)←ゑ (we, historical)
- Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)
- Kun: めぐみ (megumi, 恵); めぐむ (megumu, 恵む, Jōyō); めぐまれる (megumareru, 恵まれる)
- Nanori: あい (ai); あや (aya); け (ke); さと (sato); さとし (satoshi); しげ (shige); しげる (shigeru); へい (hei); み (mi); めぐる (meguru); やす (yasu)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
Etymology 1Edit
Kanji in this term |
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恵 |
え Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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惠 (kyūjitai) |
/we/ → /e/
From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦweiH), itself a translation of Sanskrit प्राज्ञा (prājñā, “wisdom”).[1]
The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
NounEdit
- 恵, 慧: enlightenment
- Synonym: 悟り (satori)
- 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)
Usage notesEdit
- The 慧 kanji appears to be more commonly used.
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term |
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恵 |
けい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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惠 (kyūjitai) |
/kwei/ → /kei/ → /keː/
From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦweiH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Proper nounEdit
- a unisex given name
Etymology 3Edit
Kanji in this term |
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恵 |
めぐみ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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惠 (kyūjitai) |
Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).
Proper nounEdit
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 4Edit
Kanji in this term |
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恵 |
めぐむ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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惠 (kyūjitai) |
Nominalization of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).
Proper nounEdit
- a female given name