(huī): badge, emblem, insignia

(huī) is a Chinese character meaning “badge.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (step). It ranks #2221 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: step17 strokesFrequency #2221

Definitions

  1. badge
  2. emblem
  3. insignia

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
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17

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
huī zhāngbadge
jǐng huīpolice badge
dǎng huīpolitical party emblem
huī jìcrest
xiào huīschool badge
huī hàotitle of honor
ān huī dà xuéAnhui University
guó huī fǎLaw on the National Emblem of the PRC, promulgated in 1991
wǔ huán huì huīOlympic rings
ān huī shěngAnhui Province, capital Hefei 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4] (abbr. to 皖[Wan3])
huī zhōu qūHuizhou, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui
guó huīnational emblem
ān huīsee 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
huī diàoAnhui opera
huī biāoemblem
26
Total compounds
50
As first character
35
As last character
15
As middle character

appears in 26 compound words: 50 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

ān
0.602147,219 co-occurrences
zhāng
0.57550,406 co-occurrences
shěng
0.55273,830 co-occurrences
dùn
0.4917,260 co-occurrences
mào
0.4413,132 co-occurrences
féi
0.4363,894 co-occurrences
0.3883,606 co-occurrences
sòng
0.3885,538 co-occurrences
zhōu
0.38619,344 co-occurrences
0.3816,384 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men huī zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "徽."

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...26.小百科—全国政协委员有无工资? 会细节大拆解

. . . 2 6 . xiǎo bǎi kē — quán guó zhèng xié wěi yuán yǒu wú gōng zī ? huì huī xì jié dà chāi jiě

... 26. Encyclopedia - Do CPPCC National Committee members have salaries? The details of the emblem are dismantled

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NBL|香港金牛主场击败安皖江龙 罗淑佩局长撑场见证重返胜轨

N B L xiāng gǎng jīn niú zhǔ chǎng jī bài ān huī 皖 jiāng lóng luó 淑 pèi jú cháng chēng chǎng jiàn zhèng chóng fǎn shèng guǐ

NBL|Hong Kong Golden Bulls defeated Anhui Wanjiang Dragon at home Director Luo Shupei supported the field to witness the return to the winning track

TvbsFeb 2026

蒋万安育儿减工时有感!“三宝妈”陈菁曝:家长群组普天同庆

蒋 wàn ān yù ér jiǎn gōng shí yǒu gǎn ! sān bǎo mā chén 菁 huī pù : jiā cháng qún zǔ pǔ tiān tóng qìng

Jiang Wan'an felt when he reduced his childcare and work!" Three treasure mothers" Chen Jinghui revealed: Parent groups celebrate together

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州“上九”庙会启幕 非遗民俗巡游引客来

huī zhōu shàng jiǔ miào huì qǐ mù fēi yí mín sú xún yóu yǐn kè lái

Huizhou's "Shangjiu" temple fair kicked off with intangible cultural heritage folk parades attracting guests

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推进量子信息场景应用 发射商业卫星有奖补

ān huī tuī jìn liàng zǐ xìn xī chǎng jǐng yīng yòng fā shè shāng yè wèi xīng yǒu jiǎng bǔ

Anhui promotes the application of quantum information scenarios and launches commercial satellites with rewards

Tatoeba

有一些意面掉到了制服上的章那儿,把那边弄脏了。

Yǒu yīxiē yìmiàn diào dào le zhìfú shàng de huīzhāng nàr, bǎ nàbian nòngzāng le.

Some spaghetti fell on the badge of the uniform, dirtying it.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced huī

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 徽 (huī) mean in Chinese?
徽 (huī) primarily means "badge." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2221 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 徽 have?
徽 is written with 17 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 徽?
The radical associated with 徽 is 彳 (step). This radical appears in many characters related to step.
What are common words containing 徽?
Common words with 徽 include: 徽章 (huī zhāng, "badge"); 警徽 (jǐng huī, "police badge"); 党徽 (dǎng huī, "political party emblem"); 徽记 (huī jì, "crest"); 校徽 (xiào huī, "school badge"). There are over 26 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 徽 (huī)?
Several characters share the pronunciation huī: 灰 (ash, gray), 恢 (to restore), 挥 (to wave), 辉 (brilliant), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 徽 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 徽 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.