艾

Translingual

Han character

艾 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿大 (TK) or 難廿大 (XTK), four-corner 4440₀, composition ⿱艹乂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1017, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30648
• Dae Jaweon: page 1475, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3172, character 9
• Unihan data for U+827E

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Chinese

trad.		艾
simp. #		艾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艾	*ŋaːds, *ŋads
鴱	*ŋaːds, *ŋads
餀	*hŋaːds
刈	*ŋads
乂	*ŋads

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːds, *ŋads) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 乂 (OC *ŋads).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 艾

1. mugwort, especially Chinese mugwort (Artemisia argyi)
2. ^† green
3. ^† pale; greyish white
4. ^† beautiful lady
5. ^† elderly person
6. ^† to end; to stop
7. ^† to nurture; to foster
8. (historical) an ancient place in modern-day Xiushui County, Jiangxi
9. (historical) a mountain in modern-day Xintai, Shandong
10. a surname

Synonyms

• (mugwort): 艾草 (àicǎo)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ain³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶
    • Yale: ngaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài
    • Tâi-lô: ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ain³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 艾

1. Only used in 艾滋病 (àizībìng).

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 艾

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 刈 (yì, “to mow; to harvest; to chop; to exterminate; sickle”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 乂 (yì, “to govern; to control; to pacify; to admonish”).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

艾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: がい (gai)、げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: よもぎ (yomogi, 艾)、もぐさ (mogusa, 艾)、かる (karu, 艾る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 伊(い)吹(ぶき)艾(もぐさ) (ibukimogusa)
• 男(おとこ)艾(よもぎ) (otokoyomogi)
• 艾(がい)安(あん) (gaian)
• 艾(がい)年(ねん) (gainen)
• 艾(がい)髪(はつ) (gaihatsu): the hair of an old person, an old person
• 艾(がい)葉(よう) (gaiyō)
• 唐(から)艾(よもぎ) (karayomogi)
• 河(かわ)原(ら)艾(よもぎ) (kawarayomogi)
• 切(き)り艾(もぐさ) (kirimogusa)
• 薬(くすり)艾(もぐさ) (kusurimogusa)
• 挿(さし)艾(もぐさ) (sashimogusa)
• シナ艾(よもぎ) (shinayomogi)
• 白(しろ)艾(よもぎ) (shiroyomogi)
• 苦(にが)艾(よもぎ) (nigayomogi), 苦(く)艾(がい) (kugai)
• 沛(はい)艾(がい) (haigai)
• 引(ひき)艾(よもぎ) (hikiyomogi)
• 姫(ひめ)昔(むかし)艾(よもぎ) (himemukashiyomogi)
• 蓬(ほう)艾(がい) (hōgai)
• 壬(み)生(ぶ)艾(よもぎ) (mibuyomogi)
• 艾(もぐさ)縞(じま) (mogusajima)
• 山(やま)艾(もぐさ) (yamamogusa)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
艾
もぐさ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

艾(もぐさ) • (mogusa) 

1. mugwort

Descendants

• English: moxa, moxibustion

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
艾
よもぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 蓬

Noun

艾(よもぎ) • (yomogi) 

1. mugwort

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Korean

Hanja

艾 • (ae, ye) (hangeul 애, 예, revised ae, ye, McCune–Reischauer ae, ye, Yale ay, yey)

1. (쑥) moxa, mugwort

See also

• 灸 (구, gu) moxibustion

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 艾 (ngải, nghệ, nghễ)

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