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淮: name of a river

 

淮 huái


: name of a river (river in Anhui province)

Kun Reading

On Reading

ワイ wai
カイ kai

 Usage:

淮河 huai2he2: Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河 and the Changjiang 长江
軸線校淮 [轴线校淮] zhou2xian4 jiao4 huai2: boresighting
淮山 huai2 shan1: Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita), also known as nagaimo
 Etymology:


(shui3: water radical 85) suggests the meaning while
隹 (zhui1: bird radical 172) provides the sound.



 Look-alike:


准 zhun3: to permit (ice radical)
[kun: なずらえる nazuraeru OR なぞらえる nazoraeru, じゅんじる junjiru, じゅんずる junzuru. on: じゅん jun]



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary