huái
river in Anhui province
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 淮
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
name of a river | ||
Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[HuángHé] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[ChángJiāng] | ||
Huainan prefecture-level city in Anhui | ||
Huai'an prefecture-level city in Jiangsu | ||
Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xúzhōu], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ]ʷˤrij | hweaj | huái | (name of a river) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2293rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+6DEE |
Shuowen | “淮，水。出南陽平氏桐柏大復山，東南入海。从水，隹聲。” |
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