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懷
懷
Translingual
| Traditional | 懷 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 懐 |
| Simplified | 怀 |
Han character
懷 (radical 61 心+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 心卜田女 (PYWV), four-corner 94032, composition ⿰忄褱)
References
- KangXi: page 408, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11456
- Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2369, character 10
- Unihan data for U+61F7
Chinese
| trad. | 懷 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 怀 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (褱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 瓌 | *kuːl |
| 櫰 | *kuːl, *ɡruːl |
| 褱 | *ɡruːl, *ɡruːl |
| 懷 | *ɡruːl |
| 瀤 | *ɡruːl |
| 壞 | *ɡruːls |
| 蘾 | *ɡruːls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡruːl) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 褱 (OC *ɡruːl, *ɡruːl).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): waai4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fài / hông
- Min Dong (BUC): huài
- Min Nan (POJ): hoâi
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhua (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
- Wade-Giles: huai2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
- IPA (key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waai4
- Yale: wàaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: waai4
- IPA (key): /wɑːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fài / hông
- Hakka Romanization System: faiˇ / hong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: fai2 / hong1
- IPA: /fa̯i¹¹/, /hoŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huài
- IPA (key): /huai⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhua (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦɯᴀ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 懷 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuai³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /xuai²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /xuai⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /xuɛ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /xuɛ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xuai⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /xuai²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /xuɛ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xuɛ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xuɛ⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xuai⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /xuai²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /xuai³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /xuai²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /xuæ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /xuae²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /xue̞⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuai¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /xuæ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /kuɛ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai |
/ɦua²³/ /ɦue²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦue̞¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦue̞²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /va³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xua⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /xua⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fai¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɸai¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/uai⁴⁵/ ～裡 /fai⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fai¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /fɑi¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wai²¹/ |
| Nanning | /wai²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wai²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/huai³⁵/ /kui³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /huai⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /uai²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /huai⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/huai³¹/ /hɔi³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懷 |
| 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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠuɛi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷᵚæi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɐi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwəɨj/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuɛi/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣwɐi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣwăi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huái |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
huái |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hwɛj › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɡ]ˤruj/ |
| English | bosom; embrace |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5341 |
| Phonetic component |
褱 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
懷 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡruːl/ |
Definitions
懷
- bosom; breast
- (figuratively) heart; mind; affection
- to carry in bosom or on one's body; to be pregnant; to conceive (a child)
- to harbor in one's mind; to keep in mind
- to think of; to cherish; to tend to
- to miss; to long for
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 懷
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Japanese
Kanji
懷
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 懐)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
懷 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune-Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)
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Vietnamese
Han character
懷 (hoài)
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