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U+57C3, 埃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57C3

[U+57C2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+57C4]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 32, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈人大 (GIOK), four-corner 43134, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

See also[edit]

  • Chinese Numeral

Further reading[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 229, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5107
  • Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 447, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+57C3

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qlɯː) : semantic (earth; soil) + phonetic (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • ai - literary;
  • ia - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'oj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəj/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀi/
Wang
Li
/ɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
āi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
oi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
āi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁə/
English dust

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14933
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qlɯː/

Definitions[edit]

  1. fine dust, dirt
      ―  chén'āi  ―  dust
  2. one ten-billionth, the number 10-10
Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions[edit]

  1. Used in transcription.
      ―  Āi  ―  Egypt
    塞俄比亞塞俄比亚  ―  Āisài'ébǐyà  ―  Ethiopia
    蘇維苏维  ―  sūwéi'āi  ―  soviet
  2. Short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”).

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Short for 埃斯特朗 or 埃格斯特朗 (āigésītèlǎng).

Pronunciation[edit]


This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Cantonese aai1, oi1 or both?”

Definitions[edit]

  1. angstrom

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (Shanghainese) that
Synonyms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Noun[edit]

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

(あい) (ai

  1. one ten-billionth

Noun[edit]

Kanji in this term
ほこり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(ほこり) (hokori

  1. dust

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 티끌 (tikkeul ae))

  1. fine dust, dirt

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Việt readings: ai
: Nôm readings: ai

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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