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Translingual

Han character

(radical 187 +6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸火卜女人 (SFYVO), four-corner 70382, composition)

  1. terrify, frighten, scare
  2. shock

References

  • KangXi: page 1438, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44725
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1962, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4555, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+99ED

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː, *ɡɯː
*kɯː, *krɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
*kɯː
*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
*kʰɯː
*kʰɯːʔ
*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
*ŋɡɯːɡs
*ŋɡɯːɡs
*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
*ɡɯː
*ɡɯːʔ
*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
*krɯː
*kʰrɯːɡs
*ɡrɯː
*ɡrɯːʔ
*kʰɯːɡ
*qɯːɡ
*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠɛiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚæiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɐiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ɣɛiX/
Wang
Li
/ɣɐiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣăiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiè
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hài
Middle
Chinese
‹ hɛjX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˤrəʔ/
English alarmed

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. 4836
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯːʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hae) (hangeul , revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hãi, hãy)

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