淮
Meanings
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- 1.name of a river
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Wiktionary
- 1.Huai River
- 2.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡʷriːl): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul) Yang (1999) suggests a derivation from the bird (隹) totem worship of the Huaiyi that inhabited the Huai river basin.
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
淮阴 see 淮阴区[Huái yīn Qū]淮上 see 淮上区[Huái shàng Qū]淮海 Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xú zhōu], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces淮安 see 淮安市[Huái ān Shì]秦淮 see 秦淮区[Qín huái Qū]淮南 region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province淮北 see 淮北市[Huái běi Shì]淮滨 see 淮滨县[Huái bīn Xiàn]淮山 Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo淮河 Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河[Huáng Hé] and the Changjiang 长江[Cháng Jiāng]淮阳 see 淮阳区[Huái yáng Qū]淮阴区 Huaiyin, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市[Huái ān Shì], Jiangsu