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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水田口 (EWR), four-corner 36100)

  1. sail against the current, trace back to, whirl
  2. eddy

References

  • KangXi: page 619, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17353
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1607, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6D04

Cantonese

Hanzi

(Jyutping wui4, Yale wui4)

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. back-water
  2. eddy
  3. whirlpool
  4. flowing water

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hoe) (hangeul , revised hoe, McCune-Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

  1. go against the current
  2. foolish

Mandarin

Hanzi

(Pinyin huí (hui2), Wade-Giles hui2)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hồi, hói)

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