翳

Translingual

Han character

翳 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸水尸一一 (SESMM), four-corner 7712₇, composition ⿱殹羽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 959, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1405, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3355, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7FF3

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Chinese

trad.		翳
simp. #		翳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鷖	*qiː
翳	*qiː, *qiːs
嫛	*qiː
黳	*qiː
繄	*qiː, *qiːs
医	*qiːs
嫕	*qiːs
蘙	*qiːs
瞖	*qiːs
殹	*qiːs
贀	*ɢʷis
醫	*qɯ
毉	*qɯ
蠮	*qiːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiː, *qiːs) : phonetic 殹 (OC *qiːs) + semantic 羽.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 翳

1. (literary) shade; screen
2. nebula
3. (literary) to hide; to conceal
4. (literary) to shade; to screen
5. (literary) feather cover of vehicle

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Japanese

Kanji

翳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: あい (ai)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: きぬがさ (kinugasa)、かざす (kazasu, 翳す)、かげる (kageru, 翳る)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
翳
えい Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 翳 (MC 'ej|'ejH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

翳(えい) • (ei) 

1. shade; shadow (interchangeable with 影 (ei))

Noun

翳(えい) • (ei) 

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
翳
かげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: かげ

(The following entry is uncreated: かげ.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
翳
かすみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry.

【かすみ】 [noun] 翳, 翳み: dimness (of eyesight) Alternative spelling 翳み

(This term, 翳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
翳
さしば Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry.

【さしば】 [noun] a long-handled fan, usually made of silk, normally held by an attendant and used to hide the face of a nobleman during certain official imperial ceremonies Alternative spellings 刺羽, 指羽, さしは

(This term, 翳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
翳
は Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: は

(The following entry is uncreated: は.)

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Korean

Hanja

翳 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

翳: Hán Nôm readings: ế

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References

• Nom Foundation