槐

槐 U+69D0, 槐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69D0 ← 槏 [U+69CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 槑 → [U+69D1]

Translingual

Han character

槐 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹山戈 (DHUI), four-corner 4691₃, composition ⿰木鬼)

Derived characters

• 𥖸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 546, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15323
• Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1252, character 1
• Unihan data for U+69D0

Chinese

trad.		槐
simp. #		槐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謉	*tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰	*kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀	*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊	*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬	*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝	*ɡuːls, *krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	*krul, *kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	*ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huái (huai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huái
    • Wade–Giles: huai²
    • Yale: hwái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
    • Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴
    • Yale: wàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi
    • Tâi-lô: huâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hweaj, hwoj

Rime
Character	槐	槐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	戸乖切	戸恢切
Baxter	hweaj	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛi/	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæi/	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐi/	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨj/	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛi/	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐi/	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwăi/	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huái	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai4	wui4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤ<r>uj/, /*[ɡ]ˤuj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/, /*ɡruːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	槐	槐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huái	huái
Middle Chinese	‹ hwɛj ›	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁ<r>uj/	/*[ɡ]ˁuj/
English	Sophora	Sophora
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	槐	槐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4670	4677
Phonetic component	鬼	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	回	懷
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/	/*ɡruːl/

Definitions

槐

1. Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum); Japanese pagoda tree; locust tree
2. ^† (alt. form 褱) Dipsacus asper
3. (Chinese mythology) Huai of Xia (eighth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
4. a surname

Compounds

• 三槐
• 三槐九棘
• 三槐堂
• 刺槐 (cìhuái)
• 大槐安國／大槐安国
• 大槐宮／大槐宫
• 指桑罵槐／指桑骂槐 (zhǐsāngmàhuái)
• 指桑說槐／指桑说槐
• 槐國／槐国
• 槐安國／槐安国
• 槐月
• 槐樹／槐树 (huáishù)
• 槐火
• 槐豆
• 槐黃／槐黄
• 槐鼎
• 洋槐 (yánghuái)
• 臺槐／台槐
• 蘭槐／兰槐
• 螞蟻緣槐／蚂蚁缘槐
• 豆槐
• 鉏麑觸槐／锄麑触槐
• 龍爪槐／龙爪槐

 

Japanese

Kanji

槐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke); え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: えんじゅ (enju)^{←ゑんじゆ (wenzyu, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

槐 (eum 괴 (goe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

槐: Hán Nôm readings: hòe/hoè, hoe

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