洄

洄	U+6D04, 洄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D04

← 洃
[U+6D03]

CJK Unified Ideographs

洅 →
[U+6D05]

Translingual

Han character

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

a backwater
eddy, whirlpool

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 619, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17353
Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1607, character 7
Unihan data for U+6D04

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (回) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
回	*ɡuːl
徊	*ɡuːl
茴	*ɡuːl
洄	*ɡuːl
迴	ɡuːl, ɡuːls
佪	*ɡuːl
蛔	*ɡuːl

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huí (hui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huí
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéi
  - Wade–Giles: hui²
  - Yale: hwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei
  - Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wui⁴
  - Yale: wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: hwoj

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
Baxter	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui⁴

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

Japanese

Kanji

洄

(Hyōgai kanji)

backwater
eddy
whirlpool
flowing water

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

洄 (eum 회 (hoe))

go against the current
foolish

Vietnamese

Han character

洄: Hán Nôm readings: hói, hồi

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