猜

Translingual

Han character

猜 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹手一月 (KHQMB), four-corner 4522₇, composition ⿰犭青)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 714, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20499
• Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1351, character 7
• Unihan data for U+731C

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Chinese

trad.		猜
simp. #		猜
alternative forms		⿰犭⿳龶丿丶 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 猜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlɯː) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cāi (cai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цэ (ce, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cai¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): chăi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshe; ¹tshoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cai
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹
    • Yale: tsāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsai
    • Palladius: цай (caj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цэ (ce, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caai¹
    • Yale: chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaɪ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai
    • Tâi-lô: tshai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshe; ¹tshoe
    • MiniDict: tshe^平; tshoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshe; ¹tshoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe⁵³/, /t͡sʰø⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshoj

Rime
Character	猜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉才切
Baxter	tshoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猜
Reading #	1/1
No.	11305
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	猜
Old Chinese	/*sʰlɯː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 猜

1. to guess; to suppose; to conjecture

   猜錯／猜错  ―  cāi cuò  ―  to guess wrong

2. to suspect; to have a suspicion
3. suspicion; jealousy

See also

• 估 (gū)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

猜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu)

Compounds

• 猜疑(さいぎ) (saigi)
• 猜疑心(さいぎしん) (saigishin)

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Korean

Hanja

猜 • (si) (hangeul 시)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 猜 (sai, xai)

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