埃

Translingual

Han character

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

See also

• Chinese Numeral 埃
  • Next: 渺
  • Last: 塵

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		埃
simp. #		埃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唉	*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭	*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨	*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟	*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qlɯː) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 埃

1. fine dust, dirt

   塵埃／尘埃  ―  chén'āi  ―  dust

2. angstrom
3. one ten-billionth, the number 10^-10
4. (a phonetic component)

   埃及  ―  Āijí  ―  Egypt

   埃塞俄比亞／埃塞俄比亚  ―  Āisài'ébǐyà  ―  Abyssinia

   蘇維埃／苏维埃  ―  sūwéi'āi  ―  soviet

5. Short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”).

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Japanese

Kanji

埃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: あい (ai)
• Kan-on: あい (ai)
• Kun: ちり (chiri, 埃); ほこり (hokori, 埃)

Noun

埃(あい) • (ai) 

1. one ten-billionth

埃(ほこり) • (hokori) 

1. dust

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Korean

Hanja

埃 • (ae) (hangeul 애, McCune–Reischauer ae)

1. fine dust, dirt

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 埃 (ai)

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