㺔

㺔 U+3E94, 㺔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3E94 ← 㺓 [U+3E93] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㺕 → [U+3E95]

Translingual

Han character

㺔 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹戈大火 (KHIKF), composition ⿰犭爲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1369, character 1
• Unihan data for U+3E94

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㺔

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 爲 (OC *ɢʷal, *ɢʷal, *ɢʷals).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hài, wèi (hai⁴, wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ, ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hài
    • Wade–Giles: hai⁴
    • Yale: hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
    • Palladius: хай (xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faai¹
    • Yale: fāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xajH

Rime
Character	㺔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼艾切
Baxter	xajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hajH/
Li Rong	/xɑiH/
Wang Li	/xɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi3

Definitions

㺔

1. name of a kind of beast

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶
    • Yale: hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²²/

Definitions

㺔

1. Only used in 獏㺔.

Japanese

Kanji

㺔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. name of a kind of beast
2. a legendary monster

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); かい (kai)

Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 𤠅
• 𤢇

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-vɔːj.

Noun

㺔 (voi)

1. elephant

Descendants

• Vietnamese: voi (㺔)

Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 爲 (vi).

Han character

㺔: Nôm readings: voi, vỏi, vây

Noun

㺔 • (voi)

1. Nôm form of voi (“elephant”).