藹

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See also: 蔼
藹 U+85F9, 藹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85F9
← 藸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 藺 →

Translingual

Han character

藹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口女 (TYRV) or 難廿卜口女 (XTYRV), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹謁)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1067, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32397
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3328, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+85F9

Chinese

trad. 藹
simp. 蔼
alternative forms 譪

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 藹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 於蓋切
Baxter 'ajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔajH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/ɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		oi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 藹
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		ǎi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔajH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qˁa-s/
English ample, numerous

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.

Definitions

藹

  1. amiable; nice; kind
  2. (literary) lush; exuberant
  3. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

藹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): あい (ai)、あつ (atsu)
  • Kun: おおい (ōi)、まめまめしい (mamemameshī)

Korean

Hanja

藹 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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