慧 (wai6 wai3 | hui4) : discerning; intelligent

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慧

wai6 wai3

hui4

discerning; intelligent; bright; wise

Jyutping wai6 is standard reading; wai3 is variant.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 1

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

慧

This word has been viewed 13438 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Dec 2011 13:58

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智慧 zi3 wai6 zhi4 hui4 = wisdom; knowledge

智慧齒 zi3 wai6 ci2 zhi4 hui4 chi3 = wisdom tooth

智慧標籤 zi3 wai6 biu1 cim1 = smart tags

細蝦大,無所謂,大蝦細,無智慧 sai3 haa1 daai6, mou4 so2 wai6, daai6 haa1 sai3, mou4 zi3 wai6 = when children bully adults it does not matter, adults bully children then it's not wise 粵

智慧牙 zi3 wai6 ngaa4 = wisdom teeth

拾人牙慧 sap6 jan4 ngaa4 wai6 shi2 ren2 ya2 hui4 = pick up phrases from sb and pass them off as one's own

慧根 wai6 gan1 hui4 gen1 = root of wisdom, source of wisdom

慧心 wai6 sam1 hui4 xin1 = wisdom

敏慧 man5 wai6 min3 hui4 = smart; clever

聰慧 cung1 wai6 cong1 hui4 = intelligent; clever; bright
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 慧
Unicode code for this character: U+6167 (off-site link)

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