厓

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 厂 (“cliff”) + phonetic 圭 – a cliff 厂 of dirt (圭 = 土 + 土).

Han character

厓 (radical 27 厂+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土土 (MGG))

1. cliff, precipice
2. waterside, foreshore
3. corner of the eye

Derived characters

• 崖

References

• KangXi: page 161, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2930
• Dae Jaweon: page 367, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 70, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5393

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Japanese

Kanji

厓

Readings

• On: がい (gai), げ (ge), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: がけ (gake), きし (kishi), かたへ (katahe), はて (hate)

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Korean

Hanja

厓 (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune-Reischauer ae)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

厓 (pinyin yá (ya2), Wade-Giles ya²)

Last modified on 22 May 2013, at 16:44