呆

See also: 騃 and 杏

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a child (top is head, bottom is body with arms); variant of 子, notably in 保.

Originally had 十 on the bottom, current form graphically 口 + 木.

In sense "dull, stupid", sense is from "child-like, simple like a child".

Han character

呆 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口木 (RD), four-corner 6090₄, composition ⿱口木)

1. stay
2. dull
3. dull-minded, simple, stupid

Derived characters

• 保

Related characters

• 子

See also

• 杏

References

• KangXi: page 181, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 585, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5446

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		呆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāi, bǎo, ái (dai¹, bao³, ai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ㄅㄠˇ, ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai¹, ngoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Wade-Giles: tai¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: pao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai¹, ngoi⁴
    • Yale: dāai, ngòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai¹, ngoi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯⁵⁵/, /ŋɔːi̯²¹/

Old Chinese pronunciation (呆, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
呆					1956					呆					之					0					𪒴					/*tɯː/					懛今字
呆					1957					呆					之					0					皚					/*ŋɯː/					獃今字

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Japanese

Kanji

呆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. amazed, disgusted, shocked

Readings

• On: ほう (hō), ぼう (bō)
• Kun: あきる (呆る, akiru), あきれる (呆れる, akireru), ほける (呆ける, hokeru), ほうける (呆ける, hōkeru), ぼけ (呆け, boke), ぼける (呆ける, bokeru)

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Korean

Hanja

呆 (mae, tae, bo) (hangeul 매, 태, 보, revised mae, tae, bo, McCune-Reischauer mae, t'ae, po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呆 (ngốc)

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