呆

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See also: 騃, 獃, 杏, and 杲
呆 U+5446, 呆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5446
← 呅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呇 →

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

呆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口木 (RD), four-corner 60904, composition ⿱口木)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
  • Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5446

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 木 (“wood”) – dull, not sharp; wooden. Then the meaning evolved into "not sharp > stupid"
Etymology 2
See 保.
Etymology 3
Simplified from 槑.

Etymology 1

trad. 呆/獃
simp. 呆
alternative forms 騃／𫘤
𤶗

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tai - vernacular;
  • gâi - literary.
Note: ngai5 - used in 呆板.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 呆 呆
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1956 1957
Phonetic
component 		呆 呆
Rime
group 		之 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		𪒴 皚
Old
Chinese 		/*tɯː/ /*ŋɯː/
Notes 懛今字 獃今字

Definitions

呆

  1. dull; wooden
  2. dull-minded; simple; stupid
  3. (Eastern Min) bad
  4. (chiefly Mainland China) Alternative form of 待 (“to stay”)
    在廣州呆了十幾年 [MSC, trad.]
    在广州呆了十几年 [MSC, simp.]
    zài guǎngzhōu dāile shí jǐ nián
    was in Guangzhou for 10 or so years
  5. a surname: Dai
Synonyms
  • (bad):
Dialectal synonyms of 壞 (“bad; not good”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 惡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 壞
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 壞, 賴
Taiwan 壞
Malaysia 壞
Singapore 壞
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 壞, 孬, 賴
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 瞎, 壞
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 壞
Wuhan 壞, 拐
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 壞
Hefei 壞
Cantonese Guangzhou 壞, 弊, 衰
Hong Kong 壞, 衰
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 衰
Yangjiang 壞
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 衰
Singapore (Guangfu) 衰
Gan Nanchang 壞
Hakka Meixian 壞
Wuhua (Meilin) 衰
Jin Taiyuan 賴, 壞
Northern Min Jian'ou 壞, 獰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 呆, 否
Southern Min Xiamen 歹, 䆀
Xiamen (Tong'an) 歹
Quanzhou 歹
Jinjiang 歹
Nan'an 歹
Shishi 歹
Zhangzhou 䆀
Zhao'an 䆀, 孬
Tainan 歹
Penang (Hokkien) 䆀, 歹
Singapore (Hokkien) 歹
Manila (Hokkien) 歹
Datian 歹
Chaozhou 孬
Shantou 孬
Jieyang 孬, 歹
Puning 孬
Singapore (Teochew) 歹, 孬
Leizhou 㾀
Wenchang 㾀
Haikou 㾀
Singapore (Hainanese) 㾀
Wu Shanghai 壞, 恘
Suzhou 壞, 恘
Ningbo 歪, 推扳, 嘸做
Wenzhou 毛
Xiang Changsha 壞, 拐
Shuangfeng 壞, 拐
  • (stupid):

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 保).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 梅.
(This character is a variant form of 梅).

Japanese

Kanji

呆

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. amazed, disgusted, shocked

Readings

Korean

Hanja

呆 (eumhun 어리석을 매 (eoriseogeul mae))

  1. hanja form? of 매 (“dull-minded; simple; stupid”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

呆: Hán Nôm readings: ngốc

  1. stupid, naive, foolish
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