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矮
矮
Translingual
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Han character
矮 (radical 111 矢+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition ⿰矢委)
References
- KangXi: page 825, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
- Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2585, character 7
- Unihan data for U+77EE
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
矮 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 矮 | *qraːlʔ |
| 躷 | *qraːlʔ |
| 捼 | *noːl, *nuːl, *njul |
| 倭 | *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol |
| 涹 | *qoːl |
| 踒 | *qoːl |
| 餧 | *nuːlʔ, *qrols |
| 諉 | *nols, *qrolʔ |
| 痿 | *njol, *qrol |
| 萎 | *qrol, *qrols |
| 逶 | *qrol |
| 覣 | *qrol |
| 蜲 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
| 委 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
| 緌 | *njul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qraːlʔ) : semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).
矢 might be an abbreviated form of 短 (“short”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
- Wade-Giles: ai3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
- IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ai2, ai3
- Yale: ái, ai
- Cantonese Pinyin: ai2, ai3
- IPA (key): /ɐi̯³⁵/, /ɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é / óe
- Tâi-lô: é / ué
- Phofsit Daibuun: ea, oea
- IPA (Xiamen): /e⁵³/, /ue⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁵⁵⁴/, /ue⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /e⁵³/, /ue⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /e⁵³/, /ue⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹/, /ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: a (T2)
- IPA (key): /ᴀ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 矮 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ai²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin |
/ai²¹³/ /nai²¹³/ |
|
| Tianjin | /nai¹³/ | |
| Jinan |
/iɛ⁵⁵/ /ŋɛ⁵⁵/ 新 |
|
| Qingdao | /iɛ⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ai⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /ŋai⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /nɛ⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɛ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɛ⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ai⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /ŋai⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /ŋai⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang |
/ŋai⁴²/ /ai⁴²/ 新 |
|
| Kunming | /æ⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /ae²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /ʐe̞²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɣai⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /ŋæ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ŋɛ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /a³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /ɑ⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔie̞⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /a³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ŋa³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /ŋa³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ŋai⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /ŋai⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋai²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ai³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /ɑi³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ŋɐi³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /ɐi³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /ŋɐi³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/ai⁵³/ /ue⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /ɛ³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /ai²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /oi⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /ɔi²¹³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 矮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 烏蟹切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠɛX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚæX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔæiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔaɨjX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔɛX/ |
| Wang Li |
/aiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔaiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǎ |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 矮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12885 |
| Phonetic component |
委 |
| Rime group |
歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
矮 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qraːlʔ/ |
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矮
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Japanese
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矮
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Korean
Hanja
矮 • (wae) (hangeul 왜, McCune-Reischauer wae, Yale way)
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Han character
矮 (ải)
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