U+77EE, 矮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77EE

[U+77ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+77EF]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 111, +8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2585, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+77EE

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qraːlʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Pronunciation

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

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ai²¹⁴/
Harbin /ai²¹³/
/nai²¹³/
Tianjin /nai¹³/
Jinan /iɛ⁵⁵/
/ŋɛ⁵⁵/
Qingdao /iɛ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ai⁵³/
Xi'an /ŋai⁵³/
Xining /nɛ⁵³/
Yinchuan /ɛ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɛ⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ai⁵¹/
Wuhan /ŋai⁴²/
Chengdu /ŋai⁵³/
Guiyang /ŋai⁴²/
/ai⁴²/
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 (Hokkien) /ai⁵³/
/ue⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ai²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /oi⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ɔi²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter 'eaX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aai2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12885
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːlʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (of stature) short
    Antonym: (gāo)
    個子个子  ―  Tā gèzi ǎi.  ―  He is short.
  2. low (of less than normal height)
      ―  ǎi qiáng  ―  low wall
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    zoeng1 dang3 taai3 ai2 laa3. [Jyutping]
    The chair is too low.
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. small, little, dwarf

Readings

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  • Go-on: (e)
  • Kan-on: あい (ai)
  • Kan’yō-on: わい (wai)
  • Kun: ひくい (hikui, 矮い)みじかい (mijikai, 矮い)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(wae) (hangeul , McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ải

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