晦 (fui3 | hui4) : obscure; dark; night

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晦

fui3

hui4

[1] [adj] obscure; dark; gloomy
[2] [n] night; dusk
[3] [n] last day of a lunar month | [antonym] 朔

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

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

晦

Don't confuse with:
嗨

This word has been viewed 2961 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Aug 2011 05:04

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晦氣 fui3 hei3 hui4 qi5 = unlucky; gloomy look

陰晦 jam1 fui3 yin1 hui4 = [adj] overcast

自認晦氣 zi6 jing6 fui3 hei3 zi4 ren4 hui4 qi4 = accept bad luck without complaint; grin and bear it

發晦氣 faat3 fui3 hei3 = to have a bad temper 粵

找晦氣 zaau2 fui3 hei3 zhao3 hui4 qi4 = to get back at someone for some past grievance 粵

晦澀 fui3 sap1 hui4 se4 = cryptic; not easily understood

隱晦 jan2 fui3 yin3 hui4 = obscure; veiled; ambiguous

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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: 晦
Unicode code for this character: U+6666 (off-site link)

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