呆

See also: 騃 and 杏

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 保

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5446

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 木 (“wood”) – dull; wooden.

Etymology 2

See 保.

Etymology 3

Simplified from 槑.

Etymology 1

trad.		呆
simp. #		呆
alternative forms		獃 騃／𫘤 𤶗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāi, ái (dai¹, ai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ / daai¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngôi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi²

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngài
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tai / gâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngai⁵ / dai¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹te; ⁶nge

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dai
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹
    • Yale: dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ái
    • Wade–Giles: ai²
    • Yale: ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁴ / daai¹
    • Yale: ngòih / dāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴ / daai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴ / dai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²¹/, /taːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngoi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tai
    • Tâi-lô: tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: day
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâi
    • Tâi-lô: gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡai¹³/

Note:

• tai - vernacular;
• gâi - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngai⁵ / dai¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâi / tai
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵⁵/, /tai³³/

Note: ngai5 - used in 呆板.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹te; ⁶nge
    • MiniDict: te^平; nge^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹te; ³nge
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te⁵³/, /ŋe²³/

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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

(deprecated template usage) 呆

1. dull; wooden
2. dull-minded; simple; stupid
3. (Eastern Min) bad
4. (chiefly Mainland China) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 待 (“to stay”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壞 (“bad; not good”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		惡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壞
Mandarin	Beijing	壞, 賴
	Taiwan	壞
	Jinan	壞, 孬, 賴
	Xi'an	瞎, 壞
	Wuhan	壞, 拐
	Chengdu	壞
	Yangzhou	壞
	Hefei	壞
	Malaysia	壞
	Singapore	壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	壞, 弊, 衰
	Hong Kong	壞, 衰
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	衰
	Yangjiang	壞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	衰
	Singapore (Guangfu)	衰
Gan	Nanchang	壞
Hakka	Meixian	壞
	Wuhua (Meilin)	衰
Jin	Taiyuan	賴, 壞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壞, 獰
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	呆, 否
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹, 䆀
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	歹
	Quanzhou	歹
	Jinjiang	歹
	Nan'an	歹
	Shishi	歹
	Zhangzhou	䆀
	Zhao'an	䆀, 孬
	Tainan	歹
	Penang (Hokkien)	䆀, 歹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹
	Datian	歹
	Chaozhou	孬
	Shantou	孬
	Jieyang	孬, 歹
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹, 孬
	Leizhou	㾀
	Wenchang	㾀
	Haikou	㾀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	㾀
Wu	Shanghai	壞, 恘
	Suzhou	壞, 恘
	Ningbo	歪, 推扳, 嘸做
	Wenzhou	毛
Xiang	Changsha	壞, 拐
	Shuangfeng	壞, 拐

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 保).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 梅. (This character is a variant form of 梅).

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Japanese

Kanji

呆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. amazed, disgusted, shocked

Readings

• Go-on: ほ (ho); がい (gai)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō); がい (gai)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō); たい (tai)
• Kun: あきる (akiru, 呆る); あきれる (akireru, 呆れる); ほける (hokeru, 呆ける); ほうける (hōkeru, 呆ける); ぼける (bokeru, 呆ける)

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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: Hán Nôm readings: ngốc

1. stupid, naive, foolish