藹

See also: 蔼

藹 U+85F9, 藹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85F9 ← 藸 [U+85F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 藺 → [U+85FA]

Translingual

Han character

藹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口女 (TYRV) or 難廿卜口女 (XTYRV), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹謁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1067, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32397
• Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3328, character 3
• Unihan data for U+85F9

Chinese

trad.		藹
simp.		蔼
alternative forms		譪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎi (ai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi²
• Eastern Min (BUC): āi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ài / ái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai³
    • Yale: ǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi²
    • Yale: ói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: āi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài
    • Tâi-lô: ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ái
    • Tâi-lô: ái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ajH

Rime
Character	藹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	於蓋切
Baxter	'ajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔajH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑiH/
Wang Li	/ɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	oi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤa[t]-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔajH ›
Old Chinese	/*qˁa[t]-s/
English	ample, numerous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

藹

1. amiable; nice; kind
2. (literary) lush; exuberant
3. a surname

Compounds

• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 和藹可親／和蔼可亲 (hé'ǎikěqīn)
• 慈藹／慈蔼
• 春風藹吉／春风蔼吉
• 晻藹／暗蔼
• 暗藹／暗蔼
• 芳藹／芳蔼
• 菴藹／庵蔼
• 藹如／蔼如
• 藹彩／蔼彩
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán)
• 藹然可親／蔼然可亲 (ǎiránkěqīn)
• 藹藹／蔼蔼 (ǎi'ǎi)
• 蘊藹／蕴蔼
• 門闌藹瑞／门阑蔼瑞

 

Japanese

Kanji

藹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あい (ai); あつ (atsu)
• Kun: おおい (ōi); まめまめしい (mamemameshī)

Korean

Hanja

藹 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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