You Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Horn (jiǎo)
Kangxi stroke count: 13
Page 1141, Entry 13
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced huai (rising tone)
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced huai (rising tone).
According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A sheep whose mother is a sheep that grows horns.
Also, according to Jade Chapters (Yupian): The appearance of a horn.
Also, the name of an arrow.
According to Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital (Xijing Zaji): At Maoling, the Wen family used huai arrows to shoot pheasants, and could strike hundreds in a single day.
Also, a compound surname.
According to History of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Biographies of Confucian Scholars: Huaiyang Hong of Zhongshan taught students using the Book of Changes (Yijing) of the Meng lineage. Annotation: The surname is Huaiyang, the given name is Hong. Sometimes written as a variant form (gui), using the fish radical, pronounced jia.
Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xie (rising tone). Same as the character for a mythical goat (xie). It is a divine goat capable of distinguishing evil.
According to Balanced Discourses (Lunheng) by Wang Chong: A huai is a single-horned sheep that naturally knows who is guilty. When Gao Yao was judging cases, if he encountered a case with doubts, he would have the goat butt the suspect. Annotation: This refers to the mythical goat known as xiezhi.
Also, according to Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A type of crown from the State of Chu.
According to Masters' Anthology (Huainanzi), Teachings on the Art of Sovereignty: King Wen of Chu enjoyed wearing a huai crown. Annotation: This is the official cap of a censor. Huai is the same as the character for the mythical goat (xie).
Also, according to Dictionary Supplement (Zihui bu): Pronounced hua.
According to Masters' Anthology (Huainanzi), Teachings on True Nature: Ten thousand people thus began to be confused and disordered, turning away from the true path and exerting themselves in pursuit. Annotation: Huai is pronounced hua, meaning a heterodox or crooked path.