埃
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Translingual
Han character
埃 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈人大 (GIOK), four-corner 43134, composition ⿰土矣)
Derived characters
- 𭉚, 𤠱, 𣘂
Further reading
- 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
| trad. | 埃 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 埃 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qlɯː): semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): ngai1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): ái
- Eastern Min (BUC): ăi
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5e
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngai2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āi
- Zhuyin: ㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ai
- Wade–Giles: ai1
- Yale: āi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
- Palladius: ай (aj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: oi1
- Yale: ōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: oi1
- Guangdong Romanization: oi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ai³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: âi
- Hakka Romanization System: aiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ai1
- Sinological IPA: /ai̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: ai1
- Sinological IPA: /aɪ⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ái
- Sinological IPA (key): /ai⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
Note:
- ai - literary;
- ia - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: 'oj
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤə/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qlɯː/
Definitions
埃
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 灰塵 (“dust”) [map]
Compounds
See also
| Chinese historical small numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Value | Character | Notes |
| 10-1 | 分 (fèn) | Still in use. SI prefix deci-. |
| 10-2 | 厘 (lí), 釐 (lí) | Still in use. SI prefix centi-. |
| 10-3 | 毫 (háo) | Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo). |
| 10-4 | 絲 / 丝 (sī) | Rarely used today. |
| 秒 (miǎo) | Obsolete, only in ancient texts. | |
| 10-5 | 忽 (hū) | Rarely used today. |
| 10-6 | 微 (wēi) | Still in use. SI prefix micro-. |
| 10-7 | 纖 / 纤 (xiān) | Obsolete. |
| 10-8 | 沙 (shā) | Obsolete. |
| 10-9 | 塵 / 尘 (chén) | Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-. |
| 10-10 | 埃 (āi) | Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m). |
| 10-11 | 渺 (miǎo) | Obsolete. |
| 10-12 | 漠 (mò) | Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-. |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): âi
- Northern Min (KCR): ái
- Eastern Min (BUC): ăi
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5i
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āi
- Zhuyin: ㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ai
- Wade–Giles: ai1
- Yale: āi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
- Palladius: ай (aj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: oi1 / aai1
- Yale: ōi / āai
- Cantonese Pinyin: oi1 / aai1
- Guangdong Romanization: oi1 / ai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/, /aːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ai³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: âi
- Hakka Romanization System: aiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ai1
- Sinological IPA: /ai̯²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ái
- Sinological IPA (key): /ai⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
- Tâi-lô: ai
- Phofsit Daibuun: ay
- IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ai1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ai
- Sinological IPA (key): /ai³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Definitions
埃
- Used in transcription.
- short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”)
Compounds
Etymology 3
Short for 埃斯特朗 (āisītèlǎng) or 埃格斯特朗 (āigésītèlǎng).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āi
- Zhuyin: ㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ai
- Wade–Giles: ai1
- Yale: āi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
- Palladius: ай (aj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
- Tâi-lô: ai
- Phofsit Daibuun: ay
- IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Definitions
埃
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
埃
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 那 (“that”) [map]
Japanese
Kanji
埃
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 埃 |
| ほこり Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
埃 • (hokori)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 埃 |
| あい Hyōgai |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 埃 (MC 'oj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠i]
Noun
埃 • (ai)
- one ten-billionth
References
- “▲埃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
Hanja
References
Tày
Verb
埃 (ai)
- Nôm form of ai (“to lean on”).
- 𫡲百祥仙埃
- Hả pác táng tiên ai
- There's a fairy leaning on each of the five hundred windows.
- 律凳𱏄𪫆埃
- Loảt tắng ỷ mừa ai
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][2] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
Vietnamese
Han character
埃: Hán Việt readings: ai
埃: Nôm readings: ai
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