槐

槐	U+69D0, 槐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69D0

Translingual

Han character

槐 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹山戈 (DHUI), four-corner 4691₃, composition ⿰木鬼)

Derived characters

𥖸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 546, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15323
Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1252, character 1
Unihan data for U+69D0

Chinese

trad.		槐
simp. ^#		槐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謉	tkuːlʔ, krul
瑰	kuːl, ɡuːl
傀	kuːl, kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	kʰuːlʔ, qulʔ
塊	kʰuːls, kʰruːds
嵬	ŋɡuːl, ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	ɡuːl, ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	ɡuːlʔ, qruːl
螝	ɡuːls, krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	krul, kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	ŋul, ŋuls

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huái (huai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huái
  - Wade–Giles: huai²
  - Yale: hwái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
  - Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waai⁴
  - Yale: wàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi
  - Tâi-lô: huâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³/

Middle Chinese: hweaj, hwoj

Rime
Character	槐	槐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	戸乖切	戸恢切
Baxter	hweaj	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛi/	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæi/	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐi/	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨj/	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛi/	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐi/	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwăi/	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huái	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai⁴	wui⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤ<r>uj/, /*[ɡ]ˤuj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/, /*ɡruːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	槐	槐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huái	huái
Middle Chinese	‹ hwɛj ›	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁ<r>uj/	/*[ɡ]ˁuj/
English	Sophora	Sophora
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	槐	槐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4670	4677
Phonetic component	鬼	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	回	懷
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/	/*ɡruːl/

Definitions

槐

Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum); Japanese pagoda tree; locust tree
^† (alt. form 褱) Dipsacus asper
(Chinese mythology) Huai of Xia (eighth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

槐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: け (ke)、え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
Kun: えんじゅ (enju)^{←ゑんじゆ (wenzyu, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
槐
えんじゅ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

槐(えんじゅ) or 槐(エンジュ) • (enju)

pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
Synonym: 槐樹 (kaiju)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

針槐(はりえんじゅ) (harienju)

Korean

Hanja

槐 (eum 괴 (goe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

槐: Hán Nôm readings: hòe/hoè, hoe

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