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Translingual
Han character
淮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水人土 (EOG) or 難水人土 (XEOG), four-corner 30114, composition ⿰氵隹)
Derived characters
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 匯
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*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
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| 擓
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*kʰʷriːl
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| 淮
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*ɡʷriːl
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| 睢
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*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
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| 嶉
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*sqʷi
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| 趡
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*skʰʷilʔ
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| 踓
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*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
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| 雖
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*sqʰʷi
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| 濉
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*sqʰʷi
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| 倠
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*qʰʷi
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| 婎
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*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
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| 蓶
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*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 維
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*ɢʷi
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| 惟
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*ɢʷi
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| 唯
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*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 濰
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*ɢʷi
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| 琟
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*ɢʷil
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| 鷕
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*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 帷
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*ɢʷril
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| 鵻
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*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
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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
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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淮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huái
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hwɛj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁrij/
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| English
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(name of a river)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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淮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12838
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Phonetic
component
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唯
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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懷
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷriːl/
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Definitions
淮
- (～河) Huai River
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
淮
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
淮 (eum 회 (hoe))
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Vietnamese
Han character
淮: Hán Nôm readings: hoài, choài
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References