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槐

Mandarin · pinyin huái

Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica)
Japanese pagoda tree

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槐: huái · locust tree

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2 · huai2

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waai4

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Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum); Japanese pagoda tree; locust tree
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 褱) Dipsacus asper
(Chinese mythology) Huai of Xia (eighth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
a surname

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