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Huá  has a few meanings (e.g. smooth/silky/cunning/confusing), but it has also been used simply as a transliteration of the native names of perhaps two ancient tribes who dwelt along the Silk Road. Reconstruction of early Chinese pronunciations is aided by reference to archaic fossilizations preserved in languages like Korean, where the character is usually pronounced  (Hangul:, also ). In Japanese, the character was traditionally transcribed  (*kwat) or rarely as  (*kot) and pronounced  in Modern Standard Japanese. In Xiamen (Amoy), where the natives speak a dialect of a very divergent Sinitic language called Min or Fujianese, the character is read as /kut8/. In Cantonese, the character is read as /waat6/ According to Liu Qiyu, Huá would have been pronounced as Huer/Hwer in Yangtze Delta dialects at the time of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, the relevant pronunciation of the character should have been something like */ghwot/, */ghwor/, */ghwat/, or */ghwar/.
 * Uar of Turan under the Hephthalite dynasty.
 * Hua (state) of Henan destroyed by the Qin
 * See also
 * Yufuluo (於扶羅)
 * Hūsìmì (呼似密)
 * Hephthalites
 * Kashmir Smast
 * Xionites