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Chinese name character

Chinese name character 辉

huī

Traditional: 輝

The character 辉 (Mandarin huī) appears in 3 names and 3 syllables in this reference and is spelled Fui, Fai, Hwee and Hui in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “brightness, radiance” and “brightness; brilliance”.

Names and syllables
6
Malaysian spellings
4
Strokes
12
Attested in records
4

6 names and syllables in this reference have 辉 as one of their character options. For 4 of them, 辉 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 辉: the recorded options

  • brightness, radiance

    in 7 character options · attested

  • brightness; brilliance

    in 3 character options · attested

Unihan definition: brightness, luster, brilliance

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 辉

辉 Fui Hakka Fai Cantonese Hwee Hokkien · Teochew Hui Hokkien · Mandarin
辉 yields 4 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
FuiHakkaattested in name records
FaiCantoneseattested in name records
HweeHokkien · Teochewattested in name records
HuiHokkien · Mandarinpossible

Readings of 辉 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī hui Hwee, Hui
CantoneseJyutping fai1 Fai
HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳ fî, fuiˋ Fui
TeochewPeng’im hui1 Hwee
MandarinHanyu Pinyin huī Hui

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin huī and Cantonese fai1.

3 names that can be written with 辉

3 syllables that can stand for 辉

Sources

  1. MDBG: 辉 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 辉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+8F89 · 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 辉 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 辉, including “brightness, radiance” and “brightness; brilliance”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 辉 spelled in Malaysia?

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

Is every Fui written 辉?

Not necessarily. The spelling Fui can also stand for 暉, 徽, 菲. Only the family knows which character was chosen.