huì
collect
Original meaning:
hedgehog
Phonosemantic compound. 㣇 represents the meaning and 胃 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "hedgehog". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 彙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to report | ||
to remit | ||
Broadway (New York City) | ||
exchange rate | ||
foreign (currency) exchange |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 16.9950% of movies
1595th most common character in movies
1187th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5F59 |
Shuowen | “，蟲似豪豬者。从，省聲。蝟，或从虫。” |
Sources
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