# 淮

| 淮 | U+6DEE, &#28142; 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 3011$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (huai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waai$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fài
    (Hailu, HRS): fai
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fai$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): huài
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huái
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huái
*** Wade–Giles: huai$^2$
*** Yale: hwái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
*** Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waai$^4$
*** Yale: wàaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /vai²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fài
*** Hakka Romanization System: fai$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fai̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fai
*** Sinological IPA: /fai⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /faɪ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huài
*** Sinological IPA : /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: huai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâi
*** Sinological IPA : /huai⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wa
*** MiniDict: wa$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhua
*** 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 | waai$^4$ |
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* 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

* Nom Foundation