諱
諱 — hwi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 숨길/꺼릴 휘
- Romanization
- hwi
- English
- conceal; shun; regard as taboo
- Mandarin
- huì
- Japanese on'yomi
- キ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- いみな い.む
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 言 (149, 9 residual)
- Unicode
- U+8AF1
Words written with 諱
- 휘일諱日 조상이 돌아가신 날
- 은휘隱諱 꺼리어 감추거나 숨김
- 휘자諱字 돌아가신 어른이나 높은 어른의 이름자
- 기휘하다忌諱 꺼리거나 두려워 피하다
- 엄휘掩諱 가리어 숨김.
- 성휘聖諱 죽은 성인의 이름.
- 범휘犯諱 남의 비밀을 들추어냄.
- 휘기諱忌 숨기고 드러내기를 꺼림.
- 내휘內諱 부인의 이름을 이르는 말.
- 묘휘廟諱 임금이 죽은 뒤에 지은 휘.
- 초휘初諱 돌아가신 어른의 처음 이름.
- 휘질諱疾 앓는 병을 숨기고 드러내지 아니함.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 諱
- 諱いみな real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
- 忌諱きき displeasure; offense; offence
- 偏諱へんき one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name)
- 遠諱おんき semicentennial memorial service
- 避諱ひき avoiding using a name (naming taboo in ancient China)
- 後の諱のちのいみな posthumous name
- 偏諱を賜うへんきをたまう (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.)
- 忌諱に触れるききにふれる to give offense; to get on someone's nerves; to displease
Japanese data from EDRDG KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0)