涯

Translingual

Han character

涯 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水一土土 (EMGG), four-corner 3111₄)

1. shore, bank, water's edge

References

• KangXi: page 627, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17582
• Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1643, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6DAF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

涯 (Yale ngaai4)

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Japanese

Kanji

涯 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. shore, horizon

Readings

• Go'on: (rare) げ (ge)
• Kan'on: がい (gai)
• Kun: (rare) はて (hate)

Compounds

Compounds

一生涯 (いっしょうがい, isshōgai): lifetime 境涯 (きょうがい, kyōgai): circumstances; one's situation in life 公生涯 (こうしょうがい, kōshōgai): public life 際涯 (さいがい, saigai): limits; boundary; end 水涯 (すいがい, suigai): water's edge 全生涯 (ぜんしょうがい, zenshōgai): one's whole life 天涯 (てんがい, tengai): horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores; remote region 生涯学習 (しょうがいがくしゅう, shōgaigakushū): lifelong learning

Etymology

By extension from verb 果てる (hateru, “to be at an end, to finish, to be done”).

The hate reading for 涯 is rare, and is not listed in all dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ha̠te̞]

Noun

涯 (hiragana はて, romaji hate)

1. the end of the land: the shore
2. the end of the visible world: the horizon

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Korean

Hanja

涯 (hangeul 애, 의, revised ae, ui, McCune-Reischauer ae, ŭi, Yale ay, uy)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

涯 (pinyin shì (shi4), yá (ya2), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴, ya², i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

涯 (nhai, rượi, nhười, rười, nhầy)