呆

See also: 騃, 獃, 杏, and 杲

呆	U+5446, 呆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5446

← 呅
[U+5445]

CJK Unified Ideographs

呇 →
[U+5447]

Translingual Edit

Stroke order

Han character Edit

呆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口木 (RD), four-corner 6090₄, composition ⿱口木)

Derived characters Edit

保㙅㳭槑宲棠楶襃𠳳𪭷𪲖𤥯𥆫𨲃𨹦𩛴𫗷𣍀𣮃𣔣𪁣𠻇𣞃𣘫𤶭𡷵𩭚𭑼𮀛𮇠𮘒𫬕

References Edit

KangXi: page 181, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 11
Unihan data for U+5446

Chinese Edit

Glyph origin Edit

Etymology 1: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 口 (“mouth”) + 木 (“wood”) – dull; wooden.
Etymology 2: See 保.
Etymology 3: Simplified from 槑.

Etymology 1 Edit

trad.		呆
simp. ^#		呆
alternative forms		獃騃／𫘤𤶗

Pronunciation Edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāi, ái (dai¹, ai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴, daai¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngôi

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi²
Min Dong (BUC): ngài
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tai / gâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngai⁵ / dai¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ¹te; ⁶nge

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dai
  - Wade–Giles: tai¹
  - Yale: dāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
  - Palladius: дай (daj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ái
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ái
  - Wade–Giles: ai²
  - Yale: ái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
  - Palladius: ай (aj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁴, daai¹
  - Yale: ngòih, dāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴, daai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴, dai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²¹/, /taːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tai
  - Tâi-lô: tai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: day
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâi
  - Tâi-lô: gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaai
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡai¹³/

Note:

tai - vernacular;
gâi - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngai⁵ / dai¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâi / tai
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵⁵/, /tai³³/

Note: ngai5 - used in 呆板.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ¹te; ⁶nge
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹te; ³nge
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /te̞⁵³/, /ŋe̞²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tɯː/, /*ŋɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呆	呆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1956	1957
Phonetic component	呆	呆
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𪒴	皚
Old Chinese	/*tɯː/	/*ŋɯː/
Notes	懛今字	獃今字

Definitions Edit

呆

dull; wooden
dull-minded; simple; stupid
(Min Dong) bad
(chiefly Mainland China) Alternative form of 待 (“to stay”)
在廣州呆了十幾年 [MSC, trad.]
在广州呆了十几年 [MSC, simp.]
zài guǎngzhōu dāile shí jǐ nián [Pinyin]
was in Guangzhou for 10 or so years
a surname: Dai

Synonyms Edit

(bad):

Dialectal synonyms of 壞 (“bad; not good”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		惡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壞
Mandarin	Beijing	壞, 賴
	Taiwan	壞
	Jinan	壞, 孬, 賴
	Xi'an	瞎, 壞
	Wuhan	壞, 拐
	Chengdu	壞
	Yangzhou	壞
	Hefei	壞
	Malaysia	壞
	Singapore	壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	壞, 弊, 衰
	Hong Kong	壞, 衰
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	衰
	Yangjiang	壞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	衰
	Singapore (Guangfu)	衰
Gan	Nanchang	壞
Hakka	Meixian	壞
Hakka	Wuhua (Meilin)	衰
Jin	Taiyuan	賴, 壞
Min Bei	Jian'ou	壞, 獰
Min Dong	Fuzhou	呆, 否
Min Nan	Xiamen	歹, 䆀
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	歹
	Quanzhou	歹
	Jinjiang	歹
	Nan'an	歹
	Shishi	歹
	Zhangzhou	䆀
	Zhao'an	䆀, 孬
	Tainan	歹
	Penang (Hokkien)	䆀, 歹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹
	Datian	歹
	Chaozhou	孬
	Shantou	孬
	Jieyang	孬, 歹
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹, 孬
	Leizhou	㾀
	Wenchang	㾀
	Haikou	㾀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	㾀
Wu	Shanghai	壞, 恘
	Suzhou	壞, 恘
	Ningbo	歪, 推扳, 嘸做
	Wenzhou	毛
Xiang	Changsha	壞, 拐
Xiang	Shuangfeng	壞, 拐

(stupid):

呆傻 (dāishǎ)
呆痴 (dāichī)
𡳞面 (Min Nan, vulgar)
𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Min Nan, vulgar)
愚戇／愚戆 (Min Nan)
愚昧 (yúmèi)
愚笨 (yúbèn)
愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
撚樣／撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
暗昧 (ànmèi)
棒槌 (bàngchuí)
海鱟／海鲎 (Min Nan)
混鈍／混钝 (Min Nan)
痴呆
發踱／发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
笨 (bèn)
笨拙 (bènzhuō)
笨車車／笨车车 (Min Nan)
臭笨 (Min Nan)
蠢 (chǔn)
蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
袋屎 (Min Nan)
袋屎袋尿 (Min Nan)
遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
阿西 (Min Nan)
鱟／鲎 (Min Nan)
鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

Compounds Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”). (This character, 呆, is a variant form of 保.)