懷

See also: 懐 and 怀

Translingual

Traditional	懷
Shinjitai	懐
Simplified	怀

Han character

懷 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 心卜田女 (PYWV), four-corner 9403₂, composition ⿰忄褱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11456
• Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2369, character 10
• Unihan data for U+61F7

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Chinese

trad.		懷
simp.		怀*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瓌	*kuːl
櫰	*kuːl, *ɡruːl
褱	*ɡruːl, *ɡruːl
懷	*ɡruːl
瀤	*ɡruːl
壞	*ɡruːls
蘾	*ɡruːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡruːl) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 褱 (OC *ɡruːl, *ɡruːl).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 懷

1. bosom; breast

   • 望著星天，我就會忘記一切，彷彿回到了母親的懷裡似的。 [MSC, trad.]
     望著星天，我就会忘记一切，仿佛回到了母亲的怀里似的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 巴金 (Ba Jin), 繁星 (as reproduced in 2014, 普通话水平测试实施纲要 (Putonghua Proficiency Test Guide), pages 348 & 349)

     Wàngzhe xīngtiān, wǒ jiù huì wàngjì yīqiè, fǎngfú huídàole mǔqīn de huái lǐ shìde. [Pinyin]

     Looking toward the starry heavens, I forget everything- as if returning to mother's bosom.

2. (figurative) heart; mind; affection
3. to carry in bosom or on one's body; to be pregnant; to conceive (a child)

   懷胎／怀胎  ―  huáitāi  ―  to carry a child in a womb

4. to harbor in one's mind; to keep in mind
5. to think of; to cherish; to tend to
6. to miss; to long for
7. a surname
8. (Magong Hokkien) pocket (bag sewn into clothing)

Synonyms

• (pocket): 口袋 (kǒudai), 兜兒／兜儿 (dōur), 衣袋 (yīdài), 衣兜 (yīdōu); (Min Nan) 袋仔, 轆袋仔／辘袋仔, 轆仔／辘仔, 通懷仔／通怀仔, 通懷／通怀

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai	懐
Kyūjitai	懷

Kanji

懷

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 懐)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: なつく (natsuku, 懷く); ふところ (futokoro, 懷)

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Korean

Hanja

懷 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 懷 (hoài)

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