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Translingual
Han character
Stroke order
涯 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水一土土 (EMGG ), four-corner 31114 , composition ⿰氵 厓 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 627 , character 38
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17582
Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1643, character 7
Unihan data for U+6DAF
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
街
*kreː, *kreː
鞋
*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾
*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳
*kreː
鮭
*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯
*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖
*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀
*ŋreː
厓
*ŋreː
捱
*ŋreː
睚
*ŋreːs
娃
*qreː
洼
*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇
*qreː, *qʷraː
胿
*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎
*qeːns
觟
*ɡʷraːʔ
黊
*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳
*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙
*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪
*qʷraː
卦
*kʷreːs
挂
*kʷreːs
掛
*kʷreːs
詿
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓
*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃
*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭
*kʷeː
珪
*kʷeː
邽
*kʷeː
閨
*kʷeː
袿
*kʷeː
窐
*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥
*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂
*kʷeːs
筀
*kʷeːs
奎
*kʰʷeː
刲
*kʰʷeː
蝰
*kʰʷeː
楏
*kʰʷeː
睳
*qʰʷeː
畦
*ɡʷeː
眭
*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓
*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬
*kʰʷeʔ
恚
*qʷes
硅
*qʰʷreɡ
Etymology 1
From a root *ŋ(ˤ)rar ( “ slope, nearly vertical side ” ) , whence also 巘 (OC *ŋ(r)ar(ʔ) , “hill”), 山 (OC *s-ŋrar , “mountain”), and 顏 (OC *C.ŋˤrar , “forehead”) (Baxter & Sagart, 2014 ).
Same word as 崖 (yá , “cliff”) and 睚 (yá , “rim (of the eye)”) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
涯
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
yá
Middle Chinese
‹ ngɛ ›
Old Chinese
/*ŋˁrar/
English
river bank; limit
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
涯
涯
Reading #
1/2
2/2
No.
4535
4546
Phonetic component
圭
圭
Rime group
支
支
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
崖
宜
Old Chinese
/*ŋreː/
/*ŋre/
Definitions
涯
( literary , or in compounds) bank ; shore
( literary , or in compounds) limit ; boundary ; margin
Synonyms
墘頭 / 墘头 ( Hokkien ) 崖 ( yá ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 沿子 ( yánzi ) 沿邊 / 沿边 ( yánbiān ) 界線 / 界线 ( jièxiàn ) 端倪 ( duānní ) ( literary ) 邊 / 边 ( biān ) 邊墘 / 边墘 ( Hokkien ) 邊沿 / 边沿 ( biānyán ) 邊緣 / 边缘 ( biānyuán ) 邊角 / 边角 ( biānjiǎo ) 邊際 / 边际 ( biānjì )
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 涯 – see 𠊎 (“I ; me ; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𠊎 ).
References
“涯 ”, 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–
李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019 ) “涯 (天~) ”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press , →ISBN , page 149 .
莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022 ), “涯 ”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 273 .
Japanese
Kanji
涯
(Jōyō kanji )
shore , horizon
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
By extension from verb 果( は ) てる ( hateru , “ to be at an end, to finish, to be done ” ) .
The hate reading for 涯 is rare, and is not listed in all dictionaries.
Pronunciation
Noun
涯( はて ) • (hate )
the end of the land: the shore
Synonyms: 際涯 , 限り
the end of the visible world: the horizon
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 涯 (MC ngje| ngea ). Recorded as Middle Korean 애 ( ay ) (Yale : ay ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
涯 (eumhun 물가 애 ( mulga ae ) )
hanja form? of 애 ( “ shore ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
涯 : Hán Nôm readings: rượi , nhai , nhười , rười , nhầy
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