Definitions

huái to wrap, to conceal; to carry in one's bosom or up one's sleeve

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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