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Chinese name character

Chinese name character 慧

huì

The character 慧 (Mandarin huì) appears in 16 names and 5 syllables in this reference and is spelled Hui, Hwee, Hooi, Huey and Wai in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “bright; intelligent; intelligence” and “intelligent, wise”.

Names and syllables
21
Malaysian spellings
5
Strokes
15
Attested in records
7

21 names and syllables in this reference have 慧 as one of their character options. For 7 of them, 慧 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 慧: the recorded options

  • bright; intelligent; intelligence

    in 21 character options · attested

  • intelligent, wise

    in 10 character options

Unihan definition: bright, intelligent; intelligence

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 慧

慧 Hui Hokkien · Mandarin Hwee Hokkien · Teochew Hooi Hokkien · Teochew Huey Hokkien · Teochew Wai Cantonese
慧 yields 5 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
HuiHokkien · Mandarinattested in name records
HweeHokkien · Teochewattested in name records
HooiHokkien · Teochewpossible
HueyHokkien · Teochewpossible
WaiCantonesepossible

Readings of 慧 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī hūi, hōe Hui, Hwee, Hooi, Huey
CantoneseJyutping wai6 Wai
TeochewPeng’im hui6 Hwee, Hooi, Huey
MandarinHanyu Pinyin huì Hui

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin huì and Cantonese wai6.

16 names that can be written with 慧

5 syllables that can stand for 慧

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 慧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 慧 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+6167 · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 慧 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 慧, including “bright; intelligent; intelligence” and “intelligent, wise”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 慧 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 慧 is spelled Hui (Hokkien, Mandarin), Hwee (Hokkien, Teochew), Hooi (Hokkien, Teochew), Huey (Hokkien, Teochew) and Wai (Cantonese). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Hui written 慧?

Not necessarily. The spelling Hui can also stand for 卉, 輝, 惠. Only the family knows which character was chosen.