悖晦
bèi​huì

muddleheaded

悖 bèi be contradictory to

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

孛
孛 Sound component
bó, bèi flourishing, thriving

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbwojH[b]ˤut-sconfused
bwot[b]ˤutconfused
Zhengzhangbɯːds
bɯːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

晦 huì dark

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
每
每 Sound component
měi every

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxwojHm̥ ˤək-slast day of a moon; dark
Zhengzhanghmɯːs
Unicodexuə̀i

說文解字

月盡也。从日每聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)