U+57C3, 埃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57C3

[U+57C2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+57C4]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 32, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈人大 (GIOK), four-corner 43134, composition )

Derived characters edit

See also edit

  • Chinese Numeral

Further reading edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 229, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5107
  • Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 447, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+57C3

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qlɯː): semantic (earth; soil) + phonetic (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • ai - literary;
  • ia - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (34)
    Final () (41)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter 'oj
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʔʌi/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʔəi/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʔɒi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʔəj/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʔᴀi/
    Wang
    Li
    /ɒi/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʔɑ̆i/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    āi
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    oi1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    āi
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ ʔoj ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qˁə/
    English dust

    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. 14933
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qlɯː/

    Definitions edit

    1. fine dust, dirt
        ―  chén'āi  ―  dust
    2. one ten-billionth, the number 10-10
    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Pronunciation edit


    Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

    Definitions edit

    1. Used in transcription.
        ―  Āi  ―  Egypt
      塞俄比亞塞俄比亚  ―  Āisài'ébǐyà  ―  Ethiopia
      蘇維苏维  ―  sūwéi'āi  ―  soviet
    2. Short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”).

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 3 edit

    Short for 埃斯特朗 or 埃格斯特朗 (āigésītèlǎng).

    Pronunciation edit


      This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
    Particularly: “Cantonese aai1, oi1 or both?”

    Definitions edit

    1. angstrom

    Etymology 4 edit

    Pronunciation edit


    Definitions edit

    1. (Shanghainese Wu) that
    Synonyms edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    Readings edit

    Noun edit

    Kanji in this term
    Hyōgaiji
    on’yomi

    (あい) (ai

    1. one ten-billionth

    Noun edit

    Kanji in this term
    ほこり
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi

    (ほこり) (hokori

    1. dust

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun 티끌 (tikkeul ae))

    1. fine dust, dirt

    References edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Việt readings: ai
    : Nôm readings: ai

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    References edit