矮

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl. and trad.
矮

Han character

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

1. short, dwarf
2. low

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

矮 (Yale ai2, ngai2)

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Japanese

Kanji

矮

Readings

• On: わい (wai), あい (ai)
• Kun: ひくい (hikui)

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Korean

Hanja

矮 (hangeul 왜, revised wae, McCune-Reischauer wae, Yale way)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
矮

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: [ ai˨˩˦ ]

Hanzi

矮 (pinyin ǎi (ai3), Wade-Giles ai³)

Adjective

矮 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin ǎi)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) short (of stature)
2. (Beginning Mandarin) low

References

• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
矮

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ e˥˧ ]

Adjective

矮 (traditional and simplified, POJ é)

1. (not tall) short

References

• "矮" (in Taiwanese/English), On-line Taiwanese/Mandarin Dictionary (台文／華文線頂辭典). URL accessed on 2011-01-29.

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Vietnamese

Han character

矮 (ải)