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崖

崖

See also: 岸

Translingual

Han character

崖 (radical 46 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山一土土 (UMGG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿱山厓)

References

  • KangXi: page 314, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8180
  • Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 778, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5D16

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 崖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋreː, *ŋre) : semantic 山 ‎(“mountain”) + phonetic 厓 ‎(OC *ŋreː, “cliff”).

Alternatively analyzed as Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋreː, *ŋre) : semantic 屵 ‎(“cliff”) + phonetic 圭 ‎(OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 崖
Mandarin Beijing /ia³⁵/
Harbin /ai²⁴/
/ia²⁴/
Tianjin /iɑ⁴⁵/
Jinan /iɛ⁴²/
Qingdao /iɛ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ia⁴²/
Xi'an /nai²⁴/
Xining /nɛ²⁴/
Yinchuan /ia⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɛ⁵³/
Ürümqi /ia⁵¹/
Wuhan /ŋai²¹³/
Chengdu /ŋai³¹/
Guiyang /ŋai²¹/
Kunming /æ³¹/
Nanjing /iɑ²⁴/
Hefei /ia⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ia¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiɑ¹³/
Hohhot /nɛ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦia²³/
Suzhou /ɦiɑ¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦie̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /ŋa³¹/
Hui Shexian /ia⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ŋɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ŋai¹³/
Xiangtan /ŋai¹²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /ŋai¹¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋai²¹/
Nanning /ŋai²¹/
Hong Kong /ŋai²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /gai³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ŋai⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ŋa³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ŋãi⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /zai³¹/
/ŋai³¹/
Rime
Character 崖 崖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 支 (13) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) Chongniu III II
Fanqie 魚羈切 五佳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋˠiᴇ/ /ŋˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋᵚiɛ/ /ŋᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiɛ/ /ŋæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋjiə̆/ /ŋaɨj/
Li
Rong		 /ŋje/ /ŋɛ/
Wang
Li		 /ŋǐe/ /ŋai/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋie̯/ /ŋai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yí yá
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 崖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yá
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngɛ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋˤrar/
English river bank; limit

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 崖 崖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4536 4547
Phonetic
component		 圭 圭
Rime
group		 支 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 崖 宜
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋreː/ /*ŋre/

Definitions

崖

  1. cliff, precipice
  2. precipitous

Compounds

  • 不立崖岸
  • 勒馬懸崖／勒马悬崖
  • 墮崖／堕崖
  • 山崖 (shānyá)
  • 峻崖
  • 崇崖
  • 崖山
  • 崖岸 (yá'àn)
  • 崖岸自高
  • 崖檢／崖检
  • 崖次 (yácì)
  • 崖涘
  • 摩崖石刻
  • 斷崖／断崖 (duànyá)
  • 海崖
  • 海蝕崖／海蚀崖
  • 珠崖 (Zhūyá)
  • 瓊崖海棠／琼崖海棠
  • 立崖岸
  • 臨崖勒馬／临崖勒马
  • 自崖而反
  • 視覺懸崖／视觉悬崖
  • 骨崖崖

Japanese

Kanji

崖

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Kanji in this term
崖
がけ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

崖 ‎(hiragana がけ, romaji gake)

  1. cliff

Korean

Hanja

崖 • ‎(ae, ui) (hangeul 애, 의, revised ae, ui, McCune-Reischauer ae, ŭi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

崖 (nhai, day)

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