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carry

HSK 10
huái
カイ、エ
ふところ、なつ.かしい、なつ.かしむ、なつ.く、なつ.ける、いだ.く、おも.う
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 眔 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
clothing
clothes, clothing
Phonetic component
reach to
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[huái]
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal
Example Sentences