懷柔

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See also: 怀柔

Chinese

to think of; to cherish; mind
to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom
 
soft
trad. (懷柔)
simp. (怀柔) 怀
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (38)
Final () (34) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter hweaj nyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠuɛi/ /ȵɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚæi/ /ȵiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɐi/ /ȵʑiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwəɨj/ /ȵuw/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɛi/ /ȵiu/
Wang
Li
/ɣwɐi/ /ȵʑĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣwăi/ /ȵʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huái róu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
waai4 jau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huái róu
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwɛj › ‹ nyuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁruj/ /*nu/
English bosom; embrace soft

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5341 8825
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡruːl/ /*mlju/

Verb

懷柔

  1. (literary, of feudal rulers) to make a show of conciliation in order to bring other nationalities or states under control

Proper noun

懷柔

  1. (, formerly ) Huairou (a district and former county of Beijing, China)