讳 — Chinese character
讳
huì
taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning
- Pinyin
- huì
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 讠 韦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 讠; sound component 韦
- Traditional
- 諱
Common words with 讳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忌讳 (忌諱) | jì huì | taboo; to avoid as taboo |
| 避讳 (避諱) | bì huì | to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) |
| 避讳 (避諱) | bì hui | to avoid a taboo word or topic; to refrain from; to avoid |
| 直言不讳 (直言不諱) | zhí yán bù huì | to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words |
| 讳言 (諱言) | huì yán | to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不讳言 (bù huì yán) "to state frankly") |
| 供认不讳 (供認不諱) | gòng rèn bù huì | to make a full confession; to plead guilty |
| 不讳 (不諱) | bù huì | without concealing anything; to pass away |
| 隐讳 (隱諱) | yǐn huì | to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind |
| 讳莫如深 (諱莫如深) | huì mò rú shēn | (idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject |
| 名讳 (名諱) | míng huì | taboo name (e.g. of emperor) |
| 讳疾忌医 (諱疾忌醫) | huì jí jì yī | hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism; to keep one's shortcomings secret |
| 讳名 (諱名) | huì míng | taboo name; name of deceased |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.