猜

Translingual

Han character

猜 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹手一月 (KHQMB), four-corner 4522₇, composition ⿰犭青)

Derived characters

• 𫫜, 𢴘, 𦹤, 𧜹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 714, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20499
• Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1351, character 7
• Unihan data for U+731C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 猜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlɯː) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Definitions

猜

1. to guess; to suppose; to conjecture

   猜錯／猜错  ―  cāi cuò  ―  to guess wrong

2. to suspect; to have a suspicion; to doubt
3. ^† suspicion; jealousy
4. ^† to envy; to hate; to resent
5. to play (a hand game)

   不如我哋猜包剪揼，猜輸嗰個入去先。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   不如我哋猜包剪揼，猜输嗰个入去先。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bat¹ jyu⁴ ngo⁵ dei⁶ caai¹ baau¹ zin² dap⁶, caai¹ syu¹ go² go³ jap⁶ heoi³ sin¹.

   Why don't we play rock paper scissors? The one who loses will go in first.

   • 2003, 高拜石, 《新編·古春風樓瑣記》, volume 18, Xindian: 正中書局, →ISBN, page 93:

     果然有一天，庵外來了幾個蘿蔔頭，王潔穿著衣，迎了出來，嘰哩咕嚕說著日本話，日兵見到這精通日語的俏尼姑，軟了半截，她卻招待他們入庵坐下，開出滲好高粱的啤酒，殷勤奉敬，自己斟了一杯茶，和蘿蔔頭們猜日本拳。 [MSC, trad.]
     果然有一天，庵外来了几个萝卜头，王洁穿着衣，迎了出来，叽哩咕噜说着日本话，日兵见到这精通日语的俏尼姑，软了半截，她却招待他们入庵坐下，开出渗好高粱的啤酒，殷勤奉敬，自己斟了一杯茶，和萝卜头们猜日本拳。 [MSC, simp.]

     Guǒrán yǒu yī tiān, ān wài lái le jǐge luóbotóu, Wáng Jié chuānzhe yī, yíngle chūlái, jīligūlū shuōzhe Rìběnhuà, Rìbīng jiàndào zhè jīngtōng Rìyǔ de qiào nígū, ruǎnle bànjié, tā què zhāodài tāmen rù ān zuòxià, kāichū shènhǎo gāoliáng de píjiǔ, yīnqín fèngjìng, zìjǐ zhēnle yī bēi chá, hé luóbotóumen cāi Rìběn quán.

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Synonyms

• (to guess):

• (to suspect):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

猜

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 臆 (ioh, “to guess”)

   • 你的情有若無　是眞是假乎阮猜 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     你的情有若无　是真是假乎阮猜 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1994, 詹雅雯, 淚酒

     lí ê chêng ū ná bô, sī chin sī ké hō͘ gún ioh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your love exists like it's not there, making me guess whether it's real or not

   • 猜袂透你的心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     From: 2020, 朱德寶 (Vick Chu), 情人啊情人

     ioh bōe thàu lí ê sim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I can't guess all of your heart through

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu)

Compounds

• 猜疑(さいぎ) (saigi)
• 猜疑心(さいぎしん) (saigishin)

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

The original reading is 채 (chae) based on Middle Chinese 猜 (MC tshoj).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

猜

Wikisource

猜 (eumhun 시기할 시 (sigihal si))

1. Hanja form^? of 시 (“jealousy”).

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

猜: Hán Nôm readings: sai, xai

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