Chinese Character Wiki

徽

huī

a badge

Evolution

徽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
徽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
徽 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
徽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

徽  

huī

a badge, insignia; badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms

徽 (幑) 

huī

old variant of 徽[huī]

Most common words with 徽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

徽章

badge

警徽

police badge

安徽

Anhui Province (Anhwei) in south central China, abbr. 皖[Wǎn], capital Hefei 合肥[Hé​féi]

安徽省

Anhui Province (Anhwei) in south central China, abbr. 皖[Wǎn], capital Hefei 合肥[Hé​féi]

徽

badge

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m̥əj

xjw+j

huī

rope


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.7825% of movies

2216th most common character in movies

2277th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+5FBD

Shuowen

“徽，衺幅也。一曰三糾繩也。从糸，微省聲。”


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