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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: 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, 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.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • 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 Wu) 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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