要害

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Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (要害)		要	害
simp. ^#(要害)		要	害

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàohài

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ hoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iàu-hāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): iao³ hai⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàohài
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàohài
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-hai⁴
  - Yale: yàu-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawhay
  - Palladius: яохай (jaoxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ hoi⁶
  - Yale: yiu hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ hoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ hoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ hɔːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'hai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ hai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ hai³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iao³ hai⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iàu hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai¹¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jiewH hajH

Rime
Character	要	害
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於笑切	胡蓋切
Baxter	'jiewH	hajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇu^H/	/ɦɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛu^H/	/ɦɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæu^H/	/ɣɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiaw^H/	/ɦaj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛu^H/	/ɣɑi^H/
Wang Li	/ĭɛu^H/	/ɣɑi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛu^H/	/ɣɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào	hài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu³	hoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ew(k)-s N-kˤat-s|m-kˤat-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qews ɡaːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	要	害	害
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yào	hài	hài
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiew^H ›	‹ haj^H ›	‹ haj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ew(k)-s/	/*N-kˁat-s/	/*m-kˁat-s/
English	important	be hurt (v.i.); injury (n.)	hurt (v.t.)
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	要	害
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	14752	4845
Phonetic component	要	害
Rime group	宵	祭
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	要	害
Old Chinese	/*qews/	/*ɡaːds/
Notes		金文非丯聲，似𥎆初文加古聲，㝬通胡

Noun

要害

vulnerable part (of the body); vital organ
crucial point; strategic point; key

Synonyms

(crucial point):

支點 / 支点 (zhīdiǎn) (figurative)
牛鼻子 (niúbízi) (figurative)
癥結 / 症结 (zhēngjié) (figurative)
筋節 / 筋节 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
肯綮 (figurative)
關鍵 / 关键 (guānjiàn)
關鍵之處 / 关键之处 (guānjiàn zhī chù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (要害):

→ Japanese: 要害(ようがい) (yōgai)
→ Korean: 요해(要害) (yohae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	害
ぬみ
Grade: 4	Grade: 4
jukujikun

Kanji in this term
要	害
ぬま
Grade: 4	Grade: 4
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 要害 – see the following entry.

【要ぬま】4

(archaic, possibly obsolete) fortress, redoubt

(archaic, possibly obsolete) important point, key

Alternative spelling
ぬみ

(This term, 要害, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
要	害

Noun

要害 • (yohae) (hangeul 요해)

hanja form^? of 요해 (“vital part; crucial point; strategic point”)

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