晦

Pronunciationhuì
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes11 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation huì
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 11 strokes
Traditional Strokes 11 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 496
View Original Page 496
Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 496, Entry 10 Pronounced hui (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The end of the month. Shiming (Explanation of Names): Hui means ash. As fire dies and becomes ash, the light of the moon reaching its end resembles this. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary), 16th Year of Duke Cheng: Chen did not violate the end of the month. Commentary: Hui refers to the end of the lunar month. I Ching (Book of Changes), Sui Hexagram: The superior man, when it becomes dark, enters to rest and dine. Commentary: Hui means late or dark. Book of Odes (Shijing), Chen Feng: The wind and rain are like darkness. Commentary: Hui means dusk. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Song: To nourish and foster this hidden virtue. Commentary: Hui means obscure. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary), 14th Year of Duke Cheng: The Spring and Autumn Annals are subtle yet manifest, recorded yet obscure. Commentary: Hui also means subtle, referring to recording events with concise language, where the events are narrated but the terminology remains subtle. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary), 1st Year of Duke Zhao: The six energies are yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, and light. Commentary: Hui means night. Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang Commentary), 15th Year of Duke Xi: What does hui mean? It means darkness. Erya (Approaching Nearness), Interpretation of Heaven: Fog is called hui. Ban Gu, Youtong Fu (Rhapsody on Obscure Communication): Few people of the living generation are aware of this. Commentary: Hui means negligible or sparse.

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