淮
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name of a river
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How 淮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 隹 (phonetic, zhuī)
components: 氵 隹
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 隹
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 隹 (zhuī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隹 sound component | zhuī | short-tailed bird; sparrow |
| 维 | wéi | to preserve, to maintain, to hold together |
| 推 | tuī | to push; to expel; to drive; to decline |
| 准 | zhǔn | standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow |
| 堆 | duī | crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks |
| 锥 | zhuī | gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore |
| 椎 | zhuī | spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet |
| 稚 | zhì | young, immature; childhood |
| 谁 | shéi | who? whom? whose? anyone? |
| 濯 | zhuó | to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out |
| 睢 | suī | to gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited |
| 帷 | wéi | curtain, screen, tent |
| 擢 | zhuó | to pull up, to raise; to select |
| 槜 | zuì | white plum |
| 骓 | zhuī | piebald horse |
| 碓 | duì | pestle |
| 萑 | huán | grass, hay, straw |
Words containing 淮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淮海地区 | Huái hǎi dì qū | Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, H… |
| 江淮官话 | Jiāng Huái guān huà | Jianghuai Mandarin |
| 淮上区 | Huái shàng Qū | Huaishang, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui |
| 淮安区 | Huái ān Qū | Huai'an, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市[Huai2 an1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 淮安市 | Huái ān Shì | Huai'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3] |
| 淮南子 | Huái nán zi | miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han) |
| 淮南市 | Huái nán Shì | Huainan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 淮阳区 | Huái yáng Qū | Huaiyang, a district of Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan |
| 淮北市 | Huái běi Shì | Huaibei, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 淮阴区 | Huái yīn Qū | Huaiyin, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市[Huai2 an1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 淮海战役 | Huái hǎi Zhàn yì | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Lib… |
| 淮山 | huái shān | Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo |
| 淮海 | Huái hǎi | Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, H… |
| 淮上 | Huái shàng | see 淮上區|淮上区[Huai2 shang4 Qu1] |
| 淮安 | Huái ān | see 淮安市[Huai2 an1 Shi4]; see 淮安區|淮安区[Huai2 an1 Qu1] |
| 淮南 | Huái nán | region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province… |
| 淮阳 | Huái yáng | see 淮陽區|淮阳区[Huai2 yang2 Qu1] |
| 淮河 | Huái Hé | Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the C… |
| 淮北 | Huái běi | see 淮北市[Huai2 bei3 Shi4] |
| 淮滨县 | Huái bīn Xiàn | Huaibin, a county in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4], Henan |