妎

妎 U+598E, 妎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-598E ← 妍 [U+598D] CJK Unified Ideographs 妏 → [U+598F]

Translingual

Han character

妎 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女人中中 (VOLL), four-corner 4842₀, composition ⿰女介)

1. jealous
2. harsh and troublesome

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6076
• Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1031, character 9
• Unihan data for U+598E

Chinese

trad.		妎
simp. #		妎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hài (hai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hài
    • Wade–Giles: hai⁴
    • Yale: hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
    • Palladius: хай (xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai⁶
    • Yale: haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hejH, hajH

Rime
Character	妎	妎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡計切	胡蓋切
Baxter	hejH	hajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦeiH/	/ɦɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦeiH/	/ɦɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛiH/	/ɣɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjH/	/ɦajH/
Li Rong	/ɣeiH/	/ɣɑiH/
Wang Li	/ɣieiH/	/ɣɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣieiH/	/ɣɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xì	hài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai6	hoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːds/, /*ɡeːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妎	妎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6521	6534
Phonetic component	介	介
Rime group	祭	祭
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	害	蒵
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːds/	/*ɡeːds/

Definitions

妎

1. jealous
2. harsh and troublesome

Japanese

Kanji

妎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); がい (gai); けい (kei); げい (gei)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu); わずらわしい (wazurawashī); おおう (ōu); きる (kiru)