U+77EE, 矮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77EE

[U+77ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+77EF]

Translingual edit

Stroke order

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 111, +8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2585, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+77EE

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qraːlʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Pronunciation edit


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • óe/é - vernacular;
  • ái - literary.

  • Dialectal data
VarietyLocation
MandarinBeijing/ai²¹⁴/
Harbin/ai²¹³/
/nai²¹³/
Tianjin/nai¹³/
Jinan/iɛ⁵⁵/
/ŋɛ⁵⁵/
Qingdao/iɛ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou/ai⁵³/
Xi'an/ŋai⁵³/
Xining/nɛ⁵³/
Yinchuan/ɛ⁵³/
Lanzhou/ɛ⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi/ai⁵¹/
Wuhan/ŋai⁴²/
Chengdu/ŋai⁵³/
Guiyang/ŋai⁴²/
/ai⁴²/
Kunming/æ⁵³/
Nanjing/ae²¹²/
Hefei/ʐe̞²⁴/
JinTaiyuan/ɣai⁵³/
Pingyao/ŋæ⁵³/
Hohhot/ŋɛ⁵³/
WuShanghai/a³⁵/
Suzhou/ɑ⁵¹/
Hangzhou/ʔie̞⁵³/
Wenzhou/a³⁵/
HuiShexian/ŋa³⁵/
Tunxi/ŋa³¹/
XiangChangsha/ŋai⁴¹/
Xiangtan/ŋai⁴²/
GanNanchang/ŋai²¹³/
HakkaMeixian/ai³¹/
Taoyuan/ɑi³¹/
CantoneseGuangzhou/ŋɐi³⁵/
Nanning/ɐi³⁵/
Hong Kong/ŋɐi³⁵/
MinXiamen (Hokkien)/ai⁵³/
/ue⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min)/ɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min)/ai²¹/
Shantou (Teochew)/oi⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese)/ɔi²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading #1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (31)
Tone (調)Rising (X)
Openness (開合)Open
Division ()II
Fanqie
Baxter'eaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛX/
Wang
Li
/aiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aai2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading #1/1
No.12885
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːlʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. (of stature) short
    Antonym: (gāo)
    個子个子  ―  Tā gèzi ǎi.  ―  He is short.
  2. low (of less than normal height)
      ―  ǎi qiáng  ―  low wall
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    zoeng1 dang3 taai3 ai2 laa3. [Jyutping]
    The chair is too low.
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)

Synonyms edit

See also edit

Compounds edit

  • 低矮 (dī'ǎi)
  • 白矮星 (bái'ǎixīng)
  • 矬矮
  • 矮了半截
  • 矮人 (ǎirén)
  • 矮人一截
  • 矮人族
  • 矮人看場矮人看场
  • 矮人看戲矮人看戏
  • 矮人觀場矮人观场
  • 矮仔
  • 矮仔財矮仔财
  • 矮個矮个 (ǎigè)
  • 矮個兒矮个儿 (ǎigèr)
  • 矮個子矮个子 (ǎigèzi)
  • 矮冬瓜 (ǎidōngguā)
  • 矮凳 (ǎidèng)
  • 矮化 (ǎihuà)
  • 矮囝
  • 矮垛垛
  • 矮墩墩 (ǎidūndūn)
  • 矮奴
  • 矮子 (ǎizi)
  • 矮子看戲矮子看戏
  • 矮子觀場矮子观场
  • 矮小 (ǎixiǎo)
  • 矮小精悍
  • 矮屋
  • 矮巴溜丟矮巴溜丢
  • 矮星 (ǎixīng)
  • 矮牆矮墙
  • 矮牆淺屋矮墙浅屋
  • 矮矬 (ǎicuó)
  • 矮矬子
  • 矮矬矬
  • 矮篤篤矮笃笃
  • 矮紙矮纸
  • 矮胖 (ǎipàng)
  • 矮行星 (ǎixíngxīng)
  • 矮趴趴
  • 矮陋
  • 矮靈祭矮灵祭
  • 矮黃矮黄
  • 矲矮𰦜矮
  • 觀場矮人观场矮人
  • 說矮話说矮话
  • 鄙矮
  • 高矮 (gāo'ǎi)

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. small, little, dwarf

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(wae) (hangeul , McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ải

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