淮

淮 U+6DEE, 淮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DEE ← 淭 [U+6DED] CJK Unified Ideographs 淯 → [U+6DEF]

Translingual

Han character

淮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水人土 (EOG) or X水人土 (XEOG), four-corner 3011₄, composition ⿰氵隹)

Derived characters

• 匯 準 𦪉 𭍰 𥲱 𦹏 𬄕 𬷯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 631, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17682
• Dae Jaweon: page 1034, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1652, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6DEE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
匯	*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓	*kʰʷriːl
淮	*ɡʷriːl
睢	*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉	*sqʷi
趡	*skʰʷilʔ
踓	*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖	*sqʰʷi
濉	*sqʰʷi
倠	*qʰʷi
婎	*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維	*ɢʷi
惟	*ɢʷi
唯	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰	*ɢʷi
琟	*ɢʷil
鷕	*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷	*ɢʷril
鵻	*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷriːl): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul)

Etymology

Yang (1999) suggests a derivation from the bird (隹) totem worship of the Huaiyi that inhabited the Huai river basin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huái (huai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waai⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vai³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fài

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fai²

• Min Dong (BUC): huài
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huai⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶wa

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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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vai²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fài
    • Hakka Romanization System: faiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fai²
    • Sinological IPA: /fai̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fai²
    • Sinological IPA: /faɪ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huai⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wa
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³hhua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦua²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hweaj

Rime
Character	淮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸乖切
Baxter	hweaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨj/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛi/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤrij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷriːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huái
Middle Chinese	‹ hwɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁrij/
English	(name of a river)
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	淮
Reading #	1/1
No.	12838
Phonetic component	唯
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	懷
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷriːl/

Definitions

淮

1. (～河) Huai River
2. a surname

Compounds

• 兩淮／两淮
• 別風淮雨／别风淮雨 (biéfēnghuáiyǔ)
• 江淮 (Jiānghuái)
• 泊秦淮
• 淮劇／淮剧 (huáijù)
• 淮北 (Huáiběi)
• 淮南 (Huáinán)
• 淮南子 (Huáinánzǐ)
• 淮南雞犬／淮南鸡犬
• 淮夷
• 淮安 (Huái'ān)
• 淮安縣／淮安县
• 淮左
• 淮枳
• 淮水
• 淮河 (Huái Hé)
• 淮海戲／淮海戏
• 淮西 (Huáixī)
• 淮軍／淮军
• 淮陰侯／淮阴侯
• 淮陰縣／淮阴县
• 淮陽縣／淮阳县
• 淮鹽／淮盐 (huáiyán)
• 秦淮河 (Qínhuái Hé)
• 窯淮／窑淮 (Yáohuái)
• 臥理淮陽／卧理淮阳
• 黃淮平原／黄淮平原

 

Japanese

Kanji

淮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: わい (wai)
• Kun: ひとしくする (hitoshikusuru); かこむ (kakomu)

Korean

Hanja

淮 (eum 회 (hoe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淮: Hán Nôm readings: hoài, choài

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References

• Nom Foundation