Character: 惠
Modern (Beijing) reading: huì
Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)īts
Classic Old Chinese: w(h)īć
Western Han Chinese: w(h)jǝ̄ś
Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)iǝ̄ś
Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)iēś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)iḕj
Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)iḕj
Middle Chinese: ɣwìej
English meaning : be kind, compliant
Russian meaning[s]: 1) доброта, милость; благодетельствовать; благоприятствовать; оказывать честь; милостивый; вежл. Ваш; 2) подарить; пожаловать (чем-л.), удостоить; 3) умный; остроумный, вм. 慧; 4) Хуй (фамилия)
Comments: In inscriptions and in Shujing also used for a homonymous (?) *w(h)īts 'it should be, should be'. [Cf. Tib. 'os-pa 'worthy, fitting, favourable', Burm. wat 'duty' ?]
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 8503
Karlgren code: 0533 a-d
Shijing occurrences: 28.4, 30.2, 41.1, 41.2, 41.3
