Translingual

Han character

害 (radical 40 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十手十口 (JQJR) or 十手一口 (JQMR), four-corner 3060₁, composition ⿳宀丰口)

Derived characters

• 割 轄

References

• KangXi: page 286, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7165
• Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 929, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5BB3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

害

1. to harm; to maim; to injure
2. to cause to do; to result in (something unfavourable)
   • 航班晚點了，害我多等了兩個小時。 [MSC, trad.]
     航班晚点了，害我多等了两个小时。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hángbān wǎndiǎn le, hài wǒ duō děng le liǎng ge xiǎoshí. [Pinyin]

     The flight was delayed, causing me to wait for another two hours.

3. to kill; to murder
4. to suffer from
5. to feel (an adverse sentiment)
6. harm; disaster; calamity
7. crucial point; vital point
8. harmful; injurious

Antonyms

• 益 (yì, “benefit”)
• 利 (lì, “benefit”)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

害

1. ^†Alternative form of 曷 (hé, “why not”).

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. damage, harm, injure
2. kill
3. disaster

Readings

• Goon: がい (gai)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kun: そこなう (害なう, sokonau), ころす (korosu), わざわい (wazawai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 害 ‎(haj^H, “injury”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) が​い [gáꜜì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠i]

Noun

害 ‎(hiragana がい, romaji gai)

1. injury, harm, damage

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

害 • ‎(hae, hal) (hangeul 해, 할, revised hae, hal, McCune-Reischauer hae, hal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

害 (hại)

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