靄

See also: 霭

靄 U+9744, 靄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9744 ← 靃 [U+9743] CJK Unified Ideographs 靅 → [U+9745]

Translingual

Han character

靄 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, Cangjie input 一月卜口女 (MBYRV), four-corner 1062₇, composition ⿱⻗謁)

1. cloudy sky, haze mist
2. calm, peaceful

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42526
• Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4083, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9744

Chinese

trad.		靄
simp.		霭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
愒	*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	*qaːds, *qaːd
餲	*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝	*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈	*ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲	*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	*klaːd, *rab
渴	*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	*qʰaːd, *qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	*ɡrad, *ɡad
碣	*ɡrad, *ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːds, *qaːd): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 謁 (OC *qad).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎi (ai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi²

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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.

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• Middle Chinese: 'ajH, 'at

Rime
Character	靄	靄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	於蓋切	烏葛切
Baxter	'ajH	'at
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑiH/	/ʔɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑiH/	/ʔɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑiH/	/ʔɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔajH/	/ʔat̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑiH/	/ʔɑt̚/
Wang Li	/ɑiH/	/ɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑiH/	/ʔɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	oi3	ot3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːds/, /*qaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靄	靄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5013	5041
Phonetic component	曷	曷
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	藹	遏
Old Chinese	/*qaːds/	/*qaːd/
Notes	見漢賦	見漢賦

Definitions

靄

1. mist; haze

Compounds

• 晻靄 / 暗霭
• 暖靄 / 暖霭
• 杳靄 / 杳霭
• 煙靄 / 烟霭 (yān'ǎi)
• 瑞靄 / 瑞霭
• 碧靄 / 碧霭
• 窅靄 / 窅霭
• 篆靄 / 篆霭
• 雲靄 / 云霭 (yún'ǎi)
• 靄氣 / 霭气
• 靄靄 / 霭霭

Japanese

Kanji

靄

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: あい (ai)、あち (achi)
• Kan-on: あい (ai)、あつ (atsu)
• Kun: もや (moya, 靄)

Compounds

• 靄(あい)靄(あい), 靄(あい)々(あい) (aiai)
• 靄(あい)気(き) (aiki)
• 靄(あい)然(ぜん) (aizen)
• 靄(あい)靆(たい) (aitai)
• 靄(あい)迺(だい) (aidai)
• 山(さん)靄(あい) (san'ai)
• 春(しゅん)靄(あい) (shun'ai)
• 水(すい)靄(あい) (suiai)
• 翠(すい)靄(あい) (suiai)
• 晩(ばん)靄(あい) (ban'ai)
• 暮(ぼ)靄(あい) (boai)
• 杳(よう)靄(あい) (yōai)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
靄
もや Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もや [móꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ja̠]

Noun

靄(もや) • (moya) 

1. (meteorology, also figurative) mist

Derived terms

• もやもや (moyamoya)
• 靄(もや)る (moyaru)
• 朝靄(あさもや) (asamoya)
• 雨(あま)靄(もや) (amamoya)
• 薄(うす)靄(もや) (usumoya)
• 夕(ゆう)靄(もや) (yūmoya)

See also

• 霧(きり) (kiri, “fog”)
• 霞(かすみ) (kasumi, “mist, haze”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
靄
あい Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 靄 (MC 'ajH).

Affix

靄(あい) • (ai) 

1. mist, haze
2. mistiness, haziness

References

• “^▲靄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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