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淮

Huái

Character

What 淮 means

1. name of a river

Words starting with 淮

• 淮河Huái HéHuai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河
• 淮海Huái hǎiHuaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州
• 淮南Huái nánregion south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui…
• 淮山huái shānChinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo
• 淮上区Huái shàng QūHuaishang, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市
• 淮北市Huái běi ShìHuaibei, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
• 淮南子Huái nán zimiscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
• 淮南市Huái nán ShìHuainan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
• 淮安区Huái ān QūHuai'an, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市
• 淮安市Huái ān ShìHuai'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 淮滨县Huái bīn XiànHuaibin, a county in Xinyang City 信阳市
• 淮阴区Huái yīn QūHuaiyin, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市
• 淮阳区Huái yáng QūHuaiyang, a district of Zhoukou City 周口市
• 淮海地区Huái hǎi dì qūHuaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州
• 淮海战役Huái hǎi Zhàn yìHuaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's…
• 淮安Huái ānsee 淮安市; see 淮安区
• 淮上Huái shàngsee 淮上区
• 淮北Huái běisee 淮北市
• 淮滨Huái bīnsee 淮滨县
• 淮阴Huái yīnsee 淮阴区
• 淮阳Huái yángsee 淮阳区

Words containing 淮

• 秦淮河Qín huái HéQinhuai River, a tributary of the Yangtze that flows through central Nanjing
• 秦淮区Qín huái QūQinhuai, a district of Nanjing City 南京市
• 江淮官话Jiāng Huái guān huàJianghuai Mandarin
• 秦淮八艳Qín huái bā yànthe famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河
• 秦淮Qín huáisee 秦淮区

Characters that look like 淮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 准zhǔnto allow; to grant; in accordance with
• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 悔huǐ(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate

Sounds the same

Read Huái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 怀bosom; heart; mind
• 徊used in 徘徊
• 槐Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree
• 踝ankle
• 佪irresolute; to move back and forth
• 耲(agriculture) to cultivate with a harrow
• 褢to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal
• 褱to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal