懷

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

• 𡅬, 蘹

• 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

Historical forms of the character 懷
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡruːl) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 褱 (OC *ɡruːl, *ɡruːl, “to miss; bosom”). The original meaning is "to miss, to long for". Originally written 褱, see there for more. Hence, the phonetic component also adds part of the original meaning.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

懷

1. breast; bosom

   懷錶／怀表  ―  huáibiǎo  ―  pocket watch (one carried in a breast pocket)

   懷抱／怀抱  ―  huáibào  ―  embrace

2. (figurative) heart; mind; affection

   胸懷／胸怀  ―  xiōnghuái  ―  largeness of mind

   抒懷／抒怀  ―  shūhuái  ―  to express oneself

   情懷／情怀  ―  qínghuái  ―  mood; affect; spirit

3. to carry in one's bosom or on one's body

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

   懷才不遇／怀才不遇  ―  huáicáibùyù  ―  to be equipped with skills and talents (inside oneself) but without the opportunity to use them

4. to harbor in one's mind; to keep in mind; to entertain
5. to think of; to cherish; to tend to; to remember; to reminisce

   緬懷／缅怀  ―  miǎnhuái  ―  to reminisce (about the past or a late person)

6. (literary) to miss; to long for
7. (literary or dialectal Mandarin) to be pregnant
8. (Magong Hokkien) pocket (bag sewn into clothing)
9. a surname: Huai

• (breast): 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào), 胸部 (xiōngbù)
• (mind):

• (to miss):

• (to be pregnant):

• (pocket):