huái
noun #74,719

Meanings

  1. 1 the Huai River

Examples

Huáihé zài Huánghé hé Chángjiāng zhījiān.
The Huai River flows between the Yellow River and the Yangtze.
扬菜中国八大菜系之一
Huái yángcài shì Zhōngguó bādà càixì zhīyī.
Huaiyang cuisine is one of China's eight great culinary traditions.

Tips

history
names the 淮河 (Huai River). It traditionally divides China's north and south, which is why oranges 'south of the Huai' and bitter trifoliate 'north of it' is a classic saying about environment shaping things.

Components

radical
shuǐ
water
is the water radical in left-side form, fitting as the name of a major river.
phonetic
zhuī
short-tailed bird
(short-tailed bird) supplies the sound element (drifted from zhuī to huái) and carries no meaning here, working as the phonetic part.

Stroke Order

huái