Hanja Analyzer
慧

慧 — hye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
슬기로울 혜
Romanization
hye
English
bright, intelligent; intelligence
Mandarin
huì
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, エ
Japanese kun'yomi
さとい
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,168 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
心 (61, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
彗(혜)
Unicode
U+6167

Parts that make up 慧

  • 彗 살별 혜, 혜성 수sound
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 慧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 慧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 彗, 心.

Korean example words with 慧

  • 혜력慧力 Korean gloss: 지혜의 힘
  • 혜지慧智 Korean gloss: 총명하고 지혜로움
  • 혜안慧眼 Korean gloss: 사물을 꿰뚫어 보는 안목과 식견
  • 혜녀慧女 Korean gloss: 사리를 잘 분별하고 슬기로운 여자
  • 지혜智慧 Korean gloss: 사물의 이치를 빨리 깨닫고 사물을 정확하게 처리하는 정신적 능력
  • 총혜하다聰慧 Korean gloss: 총명하고 슬기롭다
  • 지혜력智慧力 Korean gloss: 사물의 이치를 빨리 깨닫고 사물을 정확하게 처리하는 정신적 능력
  • 소혜小慧 Korean gloss: 작은 지혜.
  • 심혜深慧 Korean gloss: 깊은 슬기.
  • 불혜佛慧 Korean gloss: 부처의 지혜.
  • 혜두慧竇 Korean gloss: 슬기가 생겨나는 원천.
  • 혜성慧性 Korean gloss: 민첩하고 총명한 성질.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 慧

  • 慧眼けいがん keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight
  • 慧敏けいびん clever; of quick intellect
  • 慧日えにち sun of wisdom; Buddha's or Bodhisattva's limitless light of wisdom

Characters sharing the phonetic 彗

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “혜” in Korean.

Other hanja read “혜”

Other hanja with radical 心

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