乖

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乖 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹十中心 (HJLP), four-corner 2011₁, composition ⿻千北)

• 𰂓, 䂷 㔞 㪓 㾩 䓙 埀 乘 𢮿 𪬁 𣔪 𫏓 𨧰(𫟽) 𠝍 𣪜 𨛽 𡮓 𡇸 𨵞 𪞳 𡹁 𣒧 𫡙 𬠕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 149
• Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 18
• Unihan data for U+4E56

Historical forms of the character 乖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s02657 Transcribed ancient scripts L30930 L30931 L30932 L03756 L03757 L03758 L03759 L03760 L03761 L03762 L03763
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

According to Xu Shen, 𦫳 together with 𠔁.

乖

1. clever; alert
2. (usually of a child or animal) well-behaved; docile; obedient; nice; untroublesome

   你個仔真係好乖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你个仔真系好乖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ go³ zai² zan¹ hai⁶ hou² gwaai¹.

   Your son is very well-behaved.

   唔好喊啦。乖～。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ hou² haam³ laa¹. gwaai¹ ~.

   Don't cry, OK? (talking to a child)

3. (literary, or in compounds) to violate; to rebel
4. (literary, or in compounds) to separate; to split
5. (literary, or in compounds) to break off; to cut off
6. (literary, or in compounds) difference; mistake
7. (literary, or in compounds) unnatural; strange

   乖戾  ―  guāilì  ―  perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)

8. (Sichuanese, Xiang) beautiful

• Unlike English obedient, 乖 is a positive compliment when used to describe a child. On the contrary, it is similarly disparaging when used for adults.

• (clever):

• (well-behaved):

• (to violate):

• (beautiful):

• (antonym(s) of “clever”):

• (antonym(s) of “well-behaved”): (Cantonese) 曳 (jai5)

• (well-behaved): 聽話／听话 (tīnghuà)

• “乖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿻千⿱卄一)

1. to diverge, to disobey, to go against

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: もとる (motoru, 乖る)、そむく (somuku, 乖く)

乖 (eumhun 어그러질 괴 (eogeureojil goe))

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• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乖

乖: Hán Nôm readings: quai, quay

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