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Modern (Beijing) reading: huī
Preclassic Old Chinese: smǝj
Classic Old Chinese: m̥ǝj
Western Han Chinese: m̥ǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: m̥wǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj
Late Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj
Middle Chinese: xwɨj
English meaning : be fine, good; to signalize, display; a rope made of two strands
Russian meaning[s]: 1) отличительный знак; нашивки, знаки различия; отличать, отмечать; эмблема, герб; 2) великолепный, нарядный; прекрасный; 3) лады (на грифе музыкального инструмента); 4) сокр. г. Хуйчжоу; 5) сокр. провинция Аньхуй
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 60
Four-angle index: 6253
Karlgren code: 0584 h
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̆j
Meaning: good
Chinese: *smǝj good.
Kachin: mai1 good.
Comments: Mikir me; Rawang good; Bodo ro-may be attractive, so-may beautiful. Ben. 66. Cf. also Konyak *mei, Pochuri Naga kɨ-mhie, Jinuo mǝ.44 'good'; perhaps also Idu me-eŋ, Mikir ki-mi, Gazhuo ma.31 mi.33 'new'.
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Number: 2251
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止合三平微曉
ZIHUI: 1798 1229
Beijing: xuei 11
Jinan: xuei 11
Xi'an: xuei 11
Taiyuan: xuei 1
Hankou: xuei 11
Chengdu: xuei 11
Yangzhou: xuǝi 11
Suzhou: hue_ 11
Wenzhou: fai 11
Changsha: fei 11
Shuangfeng: xui 11
Nanchang: фui 11
Meixian: fi 11
Guangzhou: fai 11
Xiamen: hui 11
Chaozhou: hui 11
Fuzhou: xuei 11
Shanghai: hue_ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: xuei 1
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