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 難水人土 (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

(Hailu, HRS): fai

(Meixian, Guangdong): fai²
Eastern Min (BUC): huài
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): huai⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wa

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fài
  - Hakka Romanization System: fai^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fai²
  - Sinological IPA: /fai̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fai
  - Sinological IPA: /fai⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fai²
  - Sinological IPA: /faɪ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huai⁵³/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wa
  - MiniDict: wa^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhua
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦua²³/

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/
Bernhard 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

(～河) Huai River
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

(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

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