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殆

殆

Translingual

Han character

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

  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.
 殆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
胎 *l̥ʰɯː
台 *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
邰 *l̥ʰɯː
鮐 *l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
孡 *l̥ʰɯː
苔 *l'ɯː
抬 *l'ɯː
駘 *l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
炱 *l'ɯː
菭 *l'ɯː, *l'i
跆 *l'ɯː
殆 *l'ɯːʔ
怠 *l'ɯːʔ
迨 *l'ɯːʔ
紿 *l'ɯːʔ
詒 *l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
軩 *l'ɯːʔ
咍 *hlɯː
佁 *lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲 *slɯʔ
辝 *ljɯ
鈶 *ljɯʔ
笞 *l̥ʰɯ
齝 *l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
眙 *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
治 *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
始 *hljɯʔ
怡 *lɯ
貽 *lɯ
飴 *lɯ
瓵 *lɯ
珆 *li

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 殆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒亥切
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 殆
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 殆
Reading # 1/1
No. 12272
Phonetic
component		 台
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 駘
Old
Chinese		 /*l'ɯːʔ/

Definitions

殆

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Compounds

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

Japanese

Kanji

殆

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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