洄

洄

洄 U+6D04, 洄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D04 ← 洃 [U+6D03] CJK Unified Ideographs 洅 → [U+6D05]

Translingual

Han character

洄 (radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水田口 (EWR), four-corner 3610₀, composition ⿰氵回)

1. a backwater
2. eddy, whirlpool

References

• KangXi: page 619, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17353
• Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1607, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6D04

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		洄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huí (hui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hui²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuʌi/▼

Rime
Character	洄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洄
Reading #	1/1
No.	5446
Phonetic component	回
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	回
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/

Definitions

洄

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Compounds

洄想

洄汩

洄沿

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Japanese

Kanji

洄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. backwater
2. eddy
3. whirlpool
4. flowing water

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); がい (gai)
• Kun: さかのぼる (sakanoboru)

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Korean

Hanja

洄 (eum 회 (hoe))

1. go against the current
2. foolish

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Vietnamese

Han character

洄: Hán Nôm readings: hói, hồi

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