害

害 U+5BB3, 害 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB3 ← 宲 [U+5BB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 宴 → [U+5BB4]

Translingual

Han character

害 (radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十手十口 (JQJR) or 十手一口 (JQMR), four-corner 3060₁, composition ⿳宀丰口)

Derived characters

• 割 轄

References

• KangXi: page 286, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7165
• Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 929, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5BB3

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Chinese

trad.		害
simp. #		害

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (害) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
轄	*kʰaːds, *ɡraːd
害	*ɡaːds
犗	*kraːds
幰	*qʰanʔ
攇	*qʰanʔ
憲	*hŋans
瀗	*qʰans
割	*kaːd
磍	*kreːd, *kʰraːd
瞎	*qʰraːd
鎋	*ɡraːd
鶷	*ɡraːd
縖	*ɡraːd
豁	*qʰʷaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːds): semantic 宀 + semantic 口 + phonetic 丯 (OC *kreːds).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hài (hai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hoi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hoi⁴

• Min Bei (KCR): huōi
• Min Dong (BUC): hâi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai⁷

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶
    • Yale: hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi⁴
    • IPA: /ho̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hoi⁴
    • IPA: /hoɪ⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huōi
    • IPA ^(key): /xuɛ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hâi
    • IPA ^(key): /hɑi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi
    • Tâi-lô: hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hāi
    • IPA ^(key): /hai¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦe̞²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 害
Mandarin	Beijing	/xai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/xai⁵³/ /xai²¹³/ ～怕
	Tianjin	/xai⁵³/
	Jinan	/xɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/xɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/xai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/xɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/xɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/xai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/xai¹³/
	Guiyang	/xai²¹³/
	Kunming	/xæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/xae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/xe̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/xɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦe²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦe̞³¹/
	Hangzhou	/ɦe̞¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦe²²/
Hui	Shexian	/xɛ²²/
	Tunxi	/xuə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xai⁵⁵/ /xai¹¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɦai²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/hai²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/hoi⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/hoi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔi²²/
	Nanning	/hɔi²²/
	Hong Kong	/hɔi²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hai²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/hɑi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xuɛ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hai³¹/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hai³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	害
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡蓋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦajH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑiH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kˤat-s/, /*m-kˤat-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	害	害
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hài	hài
Middle Chinese	‹ hajH ›	‹ hajH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-kˁat-s/	/*m-kˁat-s/
English	be hurt (v.i.); injury (n.)	hurt (v.t.)
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	害
Reading #	1/1
No.	4845
Phonetic component	害
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	害
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːds/
Notes	金文非丯聲，似𥎆初文加古聲，㝬通胡

Definitions

害

1. to harm; to maim; to injure
2. to cause to do; to result in (something unfavourable)

   • 航班晚點了，害我多等了兩個小時。 [MSC, trad.]
     航班晚点了，害我多等了两个小时。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hángbān wǎndiǎn le, hài wǒ duō děng le liǎng ge xiǎoshí. [Pinyin]

     The flight was delayed, causing me to wait for another two hours.

3. to kill; to murder
4. to suffer from
5. to feel (an adverse sentiment)
6. harm; disaster; calamity
7. crucial point; vital point
8. harmful; injurious
9. (Min Nan) broken

Antonyms

• 益 (yì, “benefit”)
• 利 (lì, “benefit”)

Compounds

Derived terms from 害

• 三害
• 不害
• 不害事
• 不知利害
• 不計利害／不计利害
• 以文害辭／以文害辞
• 侵害 (qīnhài)
• 傷天害理／伤天害理
• 傷害／伤害 (shānghài)
• 傷害保險／伤害保险
• 傷害罪／伤害罪
• 光害 (guānghài)
• 全身遠害／全身远害
• 公害 (gōnghài)
• 公害病
• 冷害 (lěnghài)
• 凍害／冻害 (dònghài)
• 利害得失
• 利害關係／利害关系
• 加害 (jiāhài)
• 加害人
• 危害 (wēihài)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
• 受害 (shòuhài)
• 喪天害理／丧天害理
• 噤害
• 圖害／图害 (túhài)
• 圖財害命／图财害命
• 坑害 (kēnghài)
• 墊害／垫害
• 大害
• 天然災害／天然灾害
• 妒能害賢／妒能害贤
• 妨功害能
• 妨害 (fánghài)
• 妨害治安
• 妨害自由
• 妨害風化／妨害风化
• 定害
• 害乏
• 害事
• 害人不淺／害人不浅
• 害人利己
• 害人害己
• 害人精
• 害人蟲／害人虫
• 害冷
• 害口
• 害命

• 害喜 (hàixǐ)
• 害夏
• 害天災／害天灾
• 害心 (hàixīn)
• 害怕 (hàipà)
• 害慌
• 害死 (hàisǐ)
• 害死人
• 害民 (hàimín)
• 害熱／害热
• 害獸／害兽
• 害病 (hàibìng)
• 害發／害发
• 害眼
• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 害群之馬／害群之马 (hàiqúnzhīmǎ)
• 害肚子
• 害臊 (hàisào)
• 害苦
• 害處／害处 (hàichù)
• 害蟲／害虫 (hàichóng)
• 害酒
• 害頭疼／害头疼
• 害馬／害马
• 害鳥／害鸟 (hàiniǎo)
• 寒害
• 弊害
• 患害
• 戕害 (qiānghài)
• 戕害不辜
• 扳害
• 排害
• 損害／损害 (sǔnhài)
• 損害賠償／损害赔偿
• 暗害 (ànhài)
• 有害 (yǒuhài)
• 有害無利／有害无利
• 殘害／残害 (cánhài)
• 殘民害物／残民害物
• 殘賢害善／残贤害善
• 殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
• 毒害 (dúhài)
• 民害
• 求生害義／求生害义
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災害救濟／灾害救济
• 為害／为害 (wéihài)
• 為民除害／为民除害

• 無害／无害 (wúhài)
• 病害
• 病蟲害／病虫害 (bìngchónghài)
• 盛衰利害
• 禁害
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
• 種族迫害／种族迫害
• 自然災害／自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài)
• 自相殘害／自相残害 (zì xiāng cánhài)
• 興利除害／兴利除害
• 藥害／药害
• 螟害
• 蟲害／虫害 (chónghài)
• 蠹國害民／蠹国害民
• 蠹害
• 被害人 (bèihàirén)
• 要害 (yàohài)
• 誣害／诬害
• 誤國害民／误国害民
• 謀害／谋害 (móuhài)
• 謀財害命／谋财害命
• 譖害／谮害
• 讒害／谗害
• 貪生害義／贪生害义
• 貽害／贻害
• 賊害／贼害
• 趨利避害／趋利避害
• 迫害 (pòhài)
• 遇害 (yùhài)
• 運動傷害／运动伤害
• 過失傷害／过失伤害
• 違天害理／违天害理
• 違害就利／违害就利
• 遠害全身／远害全身
• 遺害／遗害
• 防弊除害
• 除凶去害
• 除害 (chúhài)
• 陰害／阴害
• 陰柔害物／阴柔害物
• 陷害 (xiànhài)
• 隘害
• 雷害
• 霜害
• 風害／风害
• 養癰貽害／养痈贻害
• 鴆害／鸩害
• 鹽害／盐害

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé (he²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³, hot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hot³, hot⁶
    • Yale: hot, hoht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸, hot⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hod³, hod⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³/, /hɔːt̚²/

Definitions

害

1. ^† Alternative form of 曷 (hé, “why not”).

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Japanese

Kanji

害

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. (そこなう) damage, harm, injure
2. (あやめる) kill
3. (わざわい) disaster

Readings

• Go-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: そこなう (sokonau, 害なう)^{←そこなふ (sokonafu, historical)}; あやめる (ayameru, 害める); わざわい (wazawai, 害い)^{←わざはひ (wazafafi, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
害
がい Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 害 (haj^H, “injury”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) が​い [gáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɡa̠i]

Noun

害 (hiragana がい, rōmaji gai)

1. injury, harm, damage

Antonyms

• 益 (えき) (eki, “benefit”)
• 利 (り) (ri, “benefit”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 害悪 (がいあく) (gaiaku)
• 害獣 (がいじゅう) (gaijū, “harmful animal”)
• 害虫 (がいちゅう) (gaichū, “harmful insect”)
• 害鳥 (がいちょう) (gaichō, “harmful bird”)
• 害毒 (がいどく) (gaidoku)
• 危害 (きがい) (kigai)
• 災害 (さいがい) (saigai)
• 殺害 (さつがい) (satsugai)
• 残害 (ざんがい) (zangai)
• 自害 (じがい) (jigai)
• 水害 (すいがい) (suigai)
• 損害 (そんがい) (songai)
• 被害 (ひがい) (higai)
• 風害 (ふうがい) (fūgai)
• 無害 (むがい) (mugai)
• 有害 (ゆうがい) (yūgai)
• 利害 (りがい) (rigai)

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Korean

Hanja

害 • (hae, hal) (hangeul 해, 할, revised hae, hal, McCune–Reischauer hae, hal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

害 (hại)

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