恵

See also: 惠

恵 U+6075, 恵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6075 ← 恴 [U+6074] CJK Unified Ideographs 恶 → [U+6076]

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TranslingualEdit

Japanese	恵
Simplified	惠
Traditional	惠

EtymologyEdit

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 惠 (叀 → 𤰔); compare 専.

Han characterEdit

恵 (radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十田心 (JWP), composition ⿱𤰔心)

1. favor, favour; blessing; grace; kindness

Related charactersEdit

• 専

DescendantsEdit

• ゑ
• ヱ

See alsoEdit

• 曺

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 386, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10618
• Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2290, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6075

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ChineseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 恵 – see 惠 (“favor; benefit”). (This character, 恵, is a variant form of 惠.)

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JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai	恵
Kyūjitai	惠

KanjiEdit

恵

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惠)

1. blessing, grace
2. favor
3. wise
4. kind, kindness
5. fortunate

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: 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)
• 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

• 恵 (え)方 (ほう) (ehō)
• 恵愛 (けいあい) (keiai)
• 恵 (けい)子 (こ) (Keiko)
• 恵 (けい)顧 (こ) (keiko)
• 恵 (けい)贈 (ぞう) (keizō)
• 恵 (けい)送 (そう) (keisō), 御 (ご)恵 (けい)送 (そう) (go-keisō)
• 恵 (けい)投 (とう) (keitō)
• 恵 (けい)風 (ふう) (keifū)
• 恵 (けい)与 (よ) (keiyo)
• 恩 (おん)恵 (けい) (onkei)
• 互 (ご)恵 (けい) (gokei)
• 施 (し)恵 (けい) (shikei)
• 仁 (じん)恵 (けい) (jinkei)
• 特 (とっ)恵 (けい) (tokkei)
• 余 (よ)恵 (けい) (yokei)

Etymology 1Edit

Kanji in this term
恵
え Grade: S
on’yomi

/we/ → /e/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦwei^H), itself a translation of Sanskrit प्राज्ञा (prājñā, “wisdom”).

The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Alternative formsEdit

• 慧

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) え​ [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [e̞]

NounEdit

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana え, rōmaji e, historical hiragana ゑ)

1. enlightenment

   Synonym: 悟り (satori)

2. (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)

   Synonyms: 知恵, 智慧 (chie), 般若 (hannya)

   Hypernym: 三学 (sangaku)

Usage notesEdit

• The 慧 kanji appears to be more commonly used.

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term
恵
けい Grade: S
on’yomi

/kwei/ → /kei/ → /keː/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦwei^H).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Proper nounEdit

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana けい, rōmaji Kei)

1. a unisex given name

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term
恵
めぐみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

Proper nounEdit

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana めぐみ, rōmaji Megumi)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 4Edit

Kanji in this term
恵
めぐむ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Nominalization of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

Proper nounEdit

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana めぐむ, rōmaji Megumu)

1. a female given name

ReferencesEdit