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)

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

simp. and trad.		呆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

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

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ㄅㄠˇ, ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai¹, ngoi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngôi
• Min Dong (BUC): ngài
• Min Nan (POJ): tai
• Wu (Wiktionary): te (T1); nge (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Wade-Giles: tai¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • 
      
  • (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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi¹
    • IPA: /ŋo̯i²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngài
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tai
    • Tâi-lô: tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: day
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: te (T1); nge (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /tᴇ⁵³/, /ŋᴇ²³/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯː/, /*ŋɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呆	呆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1956	1957
Phonetic component	呆	呆
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𪒴	皚
Old Chinese	/*tɯː/	/*ŋɯː/
Notes	懛今字	獃今字

Definitions

呆

1. to stay also written as 待 (dài)
2. dull, wooden
3. dull-minded, simple, stupid

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Japanese

Kanji

呆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. amazed, disgusted, shocked

Readings

• Goon: ほ (ho), がい (gai)
• Kan’on: ほう (hō), がい (gai)
• Kan’yōon: ぼう (bō), たい (tai)
• 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, McCune-Reischauer mae, t'ae, po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呆 (ngốc)

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