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huái

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huái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huái | huai2
English translation
locust tree

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About huái

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

huái

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of huái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木鬼

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

guǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and guǐ represents the sound.

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Words with huái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
huái Japanese pagoda tree huái
洋槐 yáng huái black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)洋槐 yáng huái
槐树 huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica)槐樹
刺槐 cì huái false acacia刺槐 cì huái
槐荫区 Huái yìn qū Huaiyin district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市 Jǐ nán shì [Jǐ​nán​shì], Shandong槐蔭區
指桑骂槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái fig. to scold sb indirectly指桑罵槐
国槐 guó huái locust tree (Sophora japonica)國槐

huái Decomposition & Compounds

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