彙
same kind, collect, classify, category, hedgehog
Readings
On'yomi
- イ
Kun'yomi
- はりねずみ
Meaning
彙 centers on grouping things of the same kind: collecting, classifying, or forming a category. The hedgehog meaning is a rare, unrelated sense that does not connect to the main idea.
Most common words using 彙
20 of 23- 語彙ごいN1
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
- 使用語彙しようごい
active vocabulary
- 基本語彙きほんごい
core vocabulary; basic vocabulary
- 基礎語彙きそごい
basic vocabulary; core vocabulary
- 字彙じい
dictionary of Chinese characters
- 山彙さんい
mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range
- 彙い
kind; sort; type
- 彙報いほう
bulletin; collection of reports
- 彙類いるい
same kind or class; classification
- 理解語彙りかいごい
passive vocabulary
- 表現語彙ひょうげんごい
active vocabulary
- 語彙制限本ごいせいげんぼん
graded reader; limited-vocabulary reader
- 語彙力ごいりょく
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
- 語彙機能文法ごいきのうぶんぽう
lexical-functional grammar; LFG
- 語彙的ごいてき
lexical
- 語彙的コントロールの原理ごいてきコントロールのげんり
principle of lexical control; PLC
- 語彙素ごいそ
lexeme
- 語彙統計学ごいとうけいがく
lexicostatistics
- 語彙表ごいひょう
vocabulary list
- 語彙規則ごいきそく
lexical rule
Study
Etymology
彙 originally depicted a hedgehog, with 彑 representing the head and spines. The modern form adds 果 below, but the historical connection between the hedgehog image and the abstract grouping meanings is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 彑 looks like a spiky hedgehog, and the bottom 果 suggests fruit. Imagine a hedgehog collecting fruit of the same kind and sorting them into categories.
Reading mnemonic
For イ, picture an eagle (イーグル) collecting hedgehogs and sorting them by kind: eagle -> イ, and the eagle classifies its spiky collection.