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Translingual

Han character

(radical 78 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓戈口 (MNIR), four-corner 13260, composition)

  1. dangerous, perilous
  2. endangered
  3. almost

References

  • KangXi: page 580, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16430
  • Dae Jaweon: page 972, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1384, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6B86

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰɯː
*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
*l̥ʰɯː
*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
*l̥ʰɯː
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯː, *l'i
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯːʔ
紿 *l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
*l'ɯːʔ
*hlɯː
*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
*slɯʔ
*ljɯ
*ljɯʔ
*l̥ʰɯ
*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
*hljɯʔ
*lɯ
*lɯ
*lɯ
*lɯ
*li

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəjX/
Li
Rong
/dᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/dɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dài
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dài
Middle
Chinese
‹ dojX ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˤəʔ/
English danger

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 12272
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'ɯːʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • (critical): 危殆
  • (almost): 殆盡, 殆死不活

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. almost, nearly
  2. extremely dangerous, nearly deadly

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(tae) (hangeul , revised tae, McCune-Reischauer t'ae, Yale thay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References