矮

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矮 U+77EE, 矮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77EE
← 短
[U+77ED] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 矯 →
[U+77EF]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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. 矮
simp. # 矮
2nd round simp. 仦

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
矮 *qraːlʔ
躷 *qraːlʔ
捼 *noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭 *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹 *qoːl
踒 *qoːl
餧 *nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉 *nols, *qrolʔ
痿 *njol, *qrol
萎 *qrol, *qrols
逶 *qrol
覣 *qrol
蜲 *qrol, *qrolʔ
委 *qrol, *qrolʔ
緌 *njul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qraːlʔ): semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (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 矮
    Mandarin Beijing /ai²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ai²¹³/
    /nai²¹³/
    Tianjin /nai¹³/
    Jinan /iɛ⁵⁵/
    /ŋɛ⁵⁵/ 新
    Qingdao /iɛ⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ai⁵³/
    Xi'an /ŋai⁵³/
    Xining /nɛ⁵³/
    Yinchuan /ɛ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ɛ⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /ai⁵¹/
    Wuhan /ŋai⁴²/
    Chengdu /ŋai⁵³/
    Guiyang /ŋai⁴²/
    /ai⁴²/ 新
    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 (Min Nan) /ai⁵³/
    /ue⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ɛ³²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ai²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /oi⁵³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /ɔi²¹³/
    Rime
    Character 矮
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 佳 (31)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 烏蟹切
    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         		yǎ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		aai2
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 矮
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 12885
    Phonetic
    component         		委
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		矮
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qraːlʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    矮

    1. (of stature) short
      Antonym: 高 (gāo)
      他個子矮。／他个子矮。  ―  Tā gèzi ǎi.  ―  He is short.
    2. low (of less than normal height)
      矮牆／矮墙  ―  ǎi qiáng  ―  low wall
      張凳太矮喇。／张凳太矮喇。 [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]

    Dialectal synonyms of 矮 (“short (in stature)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 矮
    Mandarin Beijing 矮, 矬
    Taiwan 矮
    Tianjin 矮, 矬
    Chengde 矮, 矬
    Tangshan 矮, 矬
    Cangzhou 矮, 矬
    Baoding 矬
    Shijiazhuang 矬
    Chifeng 矮, 矬
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 矮
    Heihe 矮, 矬
    Qiqihar 矮, 矬
    Harbin 矮, 矬
    Jiamusi 矮, 矬
    Baicheng 矮, 矬
    Changchun 矮, 矬
    Tonghua 矮, 矬
    Shenyang 矮, 矬
    Dandong 矮, 矬
    Jinzhou 矮, 矬
    Dalian 矮
    Yantai 矮, 矬
    Yantai (Muping) 矮, 矬
    Qingdao 矮, 矬
    Lijin 矮, 矬
    Zhucheng 矮
    Jinan 矮, 矬
    Jining 矮
    Wanrong 低
    Shangqiu 矮, 矬
    Zhengzhou 矮, 矬
    Lingbao 矮, 矬
    Xinyang 矮
    Baihe 矮
    Hanzhong 矮
    Xi'an 矮, 矬, 低
    Baoji 矮
    Yinchuan 矮, 矬
    Tianshui 矮, 矬
    Lanzhou 矮, 矬
    Dunhuang 矮, 矬
    Xining 矮
    Hami 矬
    Ürümqi 矬, 矮
    Wuhan 矮
    Yichang 矮
    Xiangyang 矮
    Tianmen 矮, 矮矬
    Hong'an 矮
    Chengdu 矮
    Nanchong 矮
    Dazhou 矮
    Hanyuan 矮
    Xichang 矮
    Zigong 矮
    Chongqing 矮
    Guiyang 矮
    Zunyi 矮
    Bijie 矮
    Liping 矮
    Zhaotong 矮
    Dali 矮
    Kunming 矮
    Mengzi 矮
    Guilin 矮
    Liuzhou 矮
    Jishou 矮
    Changde 矮
    Anqing 矮
    Xuzhou 矮, 矬
    Fuyang 矮
    Wuhu 矮
    Yangzhou 矮
    Lianyungang 矮, 矬
    Lianshui 矮
    Nanjing 矮
    Hefei 矮
    Nantong 矮
    Singapore 矮
    Cantonese Guangzhou 矮
    Hong Kong 矮
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 矮
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 矮
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 矮
    Taishan 矮
    Dongguan 矮
    Yangjiang 矮
    Gan Nanchang 矮
    Lichuan 矮
    Pingxiang 矮
    Hakka Meixian 矮
    Yudu 矮
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 矮
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 矮
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 矮
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 矮
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 矮
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 矮
    Hong Kong 矮
    Huizhou Jixi 矮
    Shexian 矮
    Jin Taiyuan 矮, 低
    Yangyuan 矮, 矬
    Datong 低
    Xinzhou 矮, 低
    Lishi 矮
    Linfen 矬
    Changzhi 矮, 低
    Linhe 矬
    Jining 矬
    Hohhot 矬
    Erenhot 矮, 矬
    Pingshan 矬
    Zhangjiakou 矮, 矬
    Handan 矮, 矬
    Linzhou 矮
    Suide 矮
    Min Bei Jian'ou 矮
    Min Dong Fuzhou 矮
    Min Nan Xiamen 矮
    Quanzhou 矮
    Zhangzhou 矮
    Taipei 矮
    New Taipei (Tamsui) 矮
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 矮
    New Taipei (Pingxi) 矮
    Kaohsiung 矮
    Kaohsiung (Cijin) 矮
    Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 矮
    Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 矮
    Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 矮
    Yilan (Toucheng) 矮
    Tainan 矮
    Tainan (Anping) 矮
    Kinmen 矮
    Penghu (Magong) 矮
    Penghu (Xiyu) 矮
    Penang (Hokkien) 矮
    Chaozhou 矮
    Haikou 矮
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 矮
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 矮
    Wu Shanghai 矮, 短
    Shanghai (Chongming) 矮
    Suzhou 矮
    Danyang 矮
    Hangzhou 矮
    Ningbo 矮
    Wenzhou 矮
    Jinhua 短
    Xiang Changsha 矮
    Loudi 矮
    Shuangfeng 矮
    Dialectal synonyms of 低 (“low”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 低
    Mandarin Beijing 低
    Taiwan 低
    Jinan 低
    Xi'an 低
    Wuhan 低, 矮
    Chengdu 矮, 低
    Yangzhou 低
    Hefei 低, 矮
    Malaysia 低
    Singapore 低
    Cantonese Guangzhou 低
    Hong Kong 低
    Taishan 低
    Yangjiang 低
    Singapore (Guangfu) 低
    Gan Nanchang 低, 矮
    Hakka Meixian 低, 矮
    Jin Taiyuan 低
    Min Bei Jian'ou 矮
    Min Dong Fuzhou 下, 矮
    Min Nan Xiamen 下
    Quanzhou 下
    Zhangzhou 下
    Tainan 下
    Penang (Hokkien) 下
    Singapore (Hokkien) 下
    Manila (Hokkien) 下
    Chaozhou 下, 矮
    Shantou 下
    Jieyang 下
    Singapore (Teochew) 下
    Pontianak (Teochew) 下
    Singapore (Hainanese) 低
    Wu Suzhou 低
    Ningbo 低, 矮
    Zhoushan 低, 矮
    Wenzhou 低, 矮
    Xiang Changsha 低, 矮, 下
    Shuangfeng 低, 矮

    See also[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    矮

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. small, little, dwarf

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    矮 • (wae) (hangeul 왜, McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    矮: Hán Nôm readings: ải

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