翳

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翳 U+7FF3, 翳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FF3
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 翴 →

Translingual

Han character

翳 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸水尸一一 (SESMM), four-corner 77127, composition ⿱殹羽)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 959, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28796
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1405, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3355, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7FF3

Chinese

trad. 翳
simp. # 翳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (医) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鷖 *qiː
翳 *qiː, *qiːs
嫛 *qiː
黳 *qiː
繄 *qiː, *qiːs
医 *qiːs
嫕 *qiːs
蘙 *qiːs
瞖 *qiːs
殹 *qiːs
贀 *ɢʷis
醫 *qɯ
毉 *qɯ
蠮 *qiːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiː, *qiːs) : phonetic 殹 (OC *qiːs) + semantic 羽.

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 翳 翳
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 烏奚切 於計切
Baxter 'ej 'ejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔei/ /ʔeiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔei/ /ʔeiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɛi/ /ʔɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɛj/ /ʔɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔei/ /ʔeiH/
Wang
Li 		/iei/ /ieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔiei/ /ʔieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yī yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jai1 jai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 翳 翳
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15046 15051
Phonetic
component 		医 医
Rime
group 		脂 脂
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		鷖 翳
Old
Chinese 		/*qiː/ /*qiːs/

Definitions

翳

  1. (literary) shade; screen
  2. nebula
  3. (literary) to hide; to conceal
  4. (literary) to shade; to screen
  5. (literary) feather cover of vehicle
  6. (Mainland China Hokkien) gloomy clouds

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

翳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to hide; to conceal
  2. to shade
  3. shadow
    Synonym: 影

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
翳
えい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 翳 (MC 'ejH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

翳(えい) • (ei) 

  1. shade; shadow (interchangeable with 影 (ei))

Noun

翳(えい) • (ei) 

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
翳
かげ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: かげ

(The following entry is uncreated: かげ.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
翳
かすみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: かすみ

(The following entry is uncreated: かすみ.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
翳
さしば
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: さしば

(The following entry is uncreated: さしば.)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
翳
は
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: は

(The following entry is uncreated: は.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

翳 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

翳: Hán Nôm readings: ế

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References

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