隘

Translingual

Han character

隘 (radical 170 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中廿金廿 (NLTCT), four-corner 7821₇, composition ⿰⻖益)

1. narrow, confined
2. a strategic pass

References

• KangXi: page 1358, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41791
• Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4152, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9698

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		隘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài, è (ai⁴, e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ, ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai³
• Min Nan (POJ): e̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Wade-Giles: o⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai³
    • Yale: aai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai³
    • IPA ^(key): /ɑːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍h
    • Tâi-lô: e̍h
    • IPA (Taipei): /eʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (隘, reconstructed)
Character (隘), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 烏懈切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɣɛH/	/ʔaiH/	/ʔɛH/	/ʔɯæH/	/ʔaɨjH/	/aiH/	/ʔæiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (隘, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
隘								ài								‹ ʔɛH ›								/*qˤ<r>[i]k-s/								a narrow pass
隘								è								‹ ʔɛk ›								/*qˤ<r>[i]k/								a narrow pass
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
隘					15067					益					賜					0					隘					/*qreːɡs/

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Japanese

Kanji

隘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. narrow

Readings

• Goon: やく (yaku)
• Kan’on: あい (ai)
• Kun: せまい (semai)

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Korean

Hanja

隘 (ae, aek) (hangeul 애, 액, revised ae, aek, McCune-Reischauer ae, aek, Yale ay, ayk)

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