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U+77EE, 矮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77EE

[U+77ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+77EF]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 111, +8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2585, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+77EE

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qraːlʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • óe/é - vernacular;
  • ái - literary.
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ai²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ai²¹³/
    /nai²¹³/
    Tianjin /nai¹³/
    Jinan /iɛ⁵⁵/
    /ŋɛ⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /iɛ⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ai⁵³/
    Xi'an /ŋai⁵³/
    Xining /nɛ⁵³/
    Yinchuan /ɛ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ɛ⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /ai⁵¹/
    Wuhan /ŋai⁴²/
    Chengdu /ŋai⁵³/
    Guiyang /ŋai⁴²/
    /ai⁴²/
    Kunming /æ⁵³/
    Nanjing /ae²¹²/
    Hefei /ʐe̞²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /ɣai⁵³/
    Pingyao /ŋæ⁵³/
    Hohhot /ŋɛ⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /a³⁵/
    Suzhou /ɑ⁵¹/
    Hangzhou /ʔie̞⁵³/
    Wenzhou /a³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /ŋa³⁵/
    Tunxi /ŋa³¹/
    Xiang Changsha /ŋai⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /ŋai⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /ŋai²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /ai³¹/
    Taoyuan /ɑi³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐi³⁵/
    Nanning /ɐi³⁵/
    Hong Kong /ŋɐi³⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ai⁵³/
    /ue⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛ³²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ai²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /oi⁵³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /ɔi²¹³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (34)
    Final () (31)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter 'eaX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʔˠɛX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʔᵚæX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʔæiX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʔaɨjX/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʔɛX/
    Wang
    Li
    /aiX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʔaiX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    aai2
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 12885
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qraːlʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (of stature) short
      Antonym: (gāo)
      個子个子  ―  Tā gèzi ǎi.  ―  He is short.
    2. low (of less than normal height)
        ―  ǎi qiáng  ―  low wall
      [Cantonese]  ―  zoeng1 dang3 taai3 ai2 laa3. [Jyutping]  ―  The chair is too low.
    3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)

    Synonyms[edit]

    See also[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. small, little, dwarf

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (wae) (hangeul , McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: ải

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