騃

See also: 呆

Translingual

Han character

騃 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+7, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸火戈人大 (SFIOK), four-corner 7233₄, composition ⿰馬矣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1440, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44780
• Dae Jaweon: page 1964, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4559, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9A03

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Chinese

trad.		騃
simp.		𫘤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唉	*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭	*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨	*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟	*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zriX

Rime
Character	騃
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	俟 (22)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牀史切
Baxter	zriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/ʒĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢrɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騃
Reading #	2/2
No.	14947
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	俟
Old Chinese	/*sɢrɯʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 騃

1. (of going) quick

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāi, ái (dai¹, ai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ / ngaai⁶ / daai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gái / gâi / ngái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dai
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹
    • Yale: dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, dated variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ái
    • Wade–Giles: ai²
    • Yale: ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁴ / ngaai⁶ / daai¹
    • Yale: ngòih / ngaaih / dāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴ / ngaai⁶ / daai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴ / ngai⁶ / dai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²¹/, /ŋaːi̯²²/, /taːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gái / gâi / ngái
    • Tâi-lô: gái / gâi / ngái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gae, gaai, ngae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡai⁵³/, /ɡai²⁴/, /ŋãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡai⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡai²⁴/, /ŋãi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡai⁵³/, /ɡai¹³/, /ŋãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡai⁵³/, /ɡai²⁴/, /ŋãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡai⁴¹/, /ɡai²³/, /ŋãi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngeajX

Rime
Character	騃
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五駭切
Baxter	ngeajX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəɨjX/
Li Rong	/ŋɛiX/
Wang Li	/ŋɐiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋăiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騃
Reading #	1/2
No.	14938
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	騃
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯːʔ/
Notes	見說文懝字注

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 騃

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 呆 (dāi, “stupid; foolish”).

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Japanese

Kanji

騃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. stupid
2. foolish

Readings

• On (unclassified): がい (gai); じ (ji); し (shi); ち (chi); い (i); ぎ (gi); たい (tai)
• Kun: おろか (oroka, 騃か)

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Korean

Hanja

騃 (eum 애 (ae))

1. stupid, foolish

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Vietnamese

Han character

騃: Hán Nôm readings: ngãi

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References

• Nom Foundation