恵

See also: 惠
恵 U+6075, 恵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6075
← 恴
[U+6074] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 恶 →
[U+6076]

Translingual

Japanese 恵
Simplified 惠
Traditional 惠

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 惠 (叀 → 𤰔); compare 専.

Han character

恵 (radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十田心 (JWP), composition ⿱𤰔心)

  1. favor, favour; blessing; grace; kindness

Descendants

See also

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 386, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10618
  • Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2290, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6075

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 恵 – see 惠 (“favor; benefit”).
(This character, 恵, is a variant form of 惠.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 恵

Kyūjitai

 惠

Kanji

恵

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惠)

  1. blessing, grace
  2. favor
  3. wise
  4. kind, kindness
  5. fortunate

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
恵
え
Grade: S
on’yomi

/we/ → /e/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦweiH), itself a translation of Sanskrit प्राज्ञा (prājñā, “wisdom”).[1]

The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana え, rōmaji e, historical hiragana ゑ)

  1. enlightenment
    Synonym: 悟り (satori)
  2. (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)
    Synonyms: 知恵, 智慧 (chie), 般若 (hannya)
    Hypernym: 三学 (sangaku)
Usage notes
  • The 慧 kanji appears to be more commonly used.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
恵
けい
Grade: S
on’yomi

/kwei/ → /kei/ → /keː/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC ɦweiH).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Proper noun

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana けい, rōmaji Kei)

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
恵
めぐみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

Proper noun

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana めぐみ, rōmaji Megumi)

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
恵
めぐむ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Nominalization of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

Proper noun

恵 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惠, hiragana めぐむ, rōmaji Megumu)

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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