害

See also: 呈

Translingual

Han character

害 (radical 40 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十手十口 (JQJR), 十手一口 (JQMR), four-corner 3060₁, composition ⿳宀丰口)

1. injure, harm
2. destroy, kill

Derived characters

• 割 轄

See also

• 呈

References

• KangXi: page 286, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7165
• Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 929, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5BB3

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		害

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hài (hai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶, hot³
• Min Nan (POJ): hāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶, hot³
    • Yale: hoih, hot
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶, hot⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²²/, /hɔːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi
    • Tâi-lô: hāi
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (害, reconstructed)
Character (害), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 泰 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 胡蓋切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɑiH/	/ɣɑiH/	/ɣɑiH/	/ɦɑiH/	/ɦajH/	/ɣɑiH/	/ɣɑiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (害, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
害								hài								‹ hajH ›								/*N-kˤat-s/								be hurt (v.i.); injury (n.)
害								hài								‹ hajH ›								/*m-kˤat-s/								hurt (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
害					4845					害					祭					1					害					/*ɡaːds/					金文非丯聲，似𥎆初文加古聲，㝬通胡

Compounds

• 害怕 (hàipà)

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

害

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. harm
2. injury

Readings

• Goon: がい (gai)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kun: そこなう (害う, sokonau), わざわい (wazawai), なんぞ (nanzo)

Compounds

• 被害
• 被害者

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Korean

Hanja

害 (hae, hal) (hangeul 해, 할, revised hae, hal, McCune-Reischauer hae, hal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

害 (hại)

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