恵

恵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十田心 (JWP), composition ⿱𤰔心)

• 専

• ゑ
• ヱ

• 曺

• 穂, 𨫍, 𬾽

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 386, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10618
• Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2290, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6075

• Unihan data for U+FA6B

Simplified from 惠 (叀 → 𤰔); compare 専.

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 惠)

1. blessing, grace
2. favor
3. wise
4. kind, kindness
5. fortunate

• Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: めぐみ (megumi, 恵)、めぐむ (megumu, 恵む, Jōyō)、めぐまれる (megumareru, 恵まれる)
• Nanori: あい (ai)、あや (aya)、け (ke)、さと (sato)、さとし (satoshi)、しげ (shige)、しげる (shigeru)、へい (hei)、み (mi)、めぐる (meguru)、やす (yasu)

/we/ → /e/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC hwejH), itself a translation of Sanskrit प्राज्ञा (prājñā, “wisdom”).^[1]

The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

• 慧

• (Tokyo) え [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [e̞]

恵(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. 恵: blessing; grace; favor
2. 恵, 慧: clever; smart; wise; intelligent

恵(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. 恵, 慧: enlightenment

   Synonym: 悟り (satori)

2. 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)

   Synonyms: 知恵, 智慧 (chie); 般若 (hannya)

   Hypernym: 三学 (sangaku)

• The 慧 kanji appears to be more commonly used.

/kwei/ → /kei/ → /keː/

From Middle Chinese 惠 (MC hwejH).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

恵(けい) • (Kei) 

1. a unisex given name

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 恵(めぐ)む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

恵(めぐみ) • (Megumi) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Nominalization of 恵む (megumu, “to give (in charity); to bless, to be kind”).

恵(めぐむ) • (Megumu) 

1. a male given name
2. a female given name