矮

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		矮
simp. #		矮

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *qraːlʔ) : semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 矮

1. (of stature) short

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2. low (of less than normal height)
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)

See also

• 低 (dī)
• 短 (duǎn)

References

• “Entry #9769”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

矮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. small, little, dwarf

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あい (ai)
• Kan’yō-on: わい (wai)
• Kun: ひくい (hikui, 矮い); みじかい (mijikai, 矮い)

Compounds

• (small): 矮化, 矮躯, 矮小, 矮人, 矮星

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 矮 (ải)

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