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槐

槐

Translingual

Han character

槐 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹山戈 (DHUI), four-corner 46913, composition ⿰木鬼)

References

  • KangXi: page 546, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15323
  • Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1252, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+69D0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 槐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謉 *tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰 *kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀 *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱 *kuːl
魁 *kʰuːl
磈 *kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊 *kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬 *ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗 *ŋɡuːlʔ
槐 *ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣 *ɡuːlʔ
廆 *ɡuːlʔ
溾 *ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝 *ɡuːls, *krul
褢 *ɡruːl
騩 *krul, *kruls, *kul
愧 *kruls
媿 *kruls
聭 *kruls
餽 *ɡruls
鬼 *kulʔ
魏 *ŋɡuls
巍 *ŋul
犩 *ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 槐 槐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 皆 (34) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 戸乖切 戸恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠuɛi/ /ɦuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚæi/ /ɦuoi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɐi/ /ɣuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwəɨj/ /ɦwəj/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɛi/ /ɣuᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /ɣwɐi/ /ɣuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣwăi/ /ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huái huí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 槐 槐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huái huái
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwɛj › ‹ hwoj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ˤ<r>uj/ /*[ɡ]ˤuj/
English Sophora Sophora

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 槐 槐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4670 4677
Phonetic
component		 鬼 鬼
Rime
group		 微 微
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 回 懷
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡuːl/ /*ɡruːl/

Definitions

槐

  1. Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Japanese pagoda tree, locust tree

Japanese

Kanji

槐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

槐 • ‎(goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune-Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Vietnamese

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