曖

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See also: 暧
曖 U+66D6, 曖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66D6
← 曕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 曗 →

Translingual

Han character

曖 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日月月水 (ABBE), four-corner 62047, composition ⿰日愛)

  1. obscure, dim, ambiguous, vague

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14206
  • Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1538, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+66D6

Chinese

trad. 曖
simp. 暧
alternative forms 瞹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (愛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愛 *qɯːds
曖 *qɯːds, *qaːds
僾 *qɯːds, *qɯlʔ
靉 *qɯːds, *qɯlʔ
薆 *qɯːds
璦 *qɯːds
瞹 *qaːds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯːds, *qaːds) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 愛 (OC *qɯːds).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 曖 曖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 於蓋切 烏代切
Baxter 'ajH 'ojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔajH/ /ʔəjH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/ɑiH/ /ɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ài ài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		oi3 oi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 曖 曖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2 8
Phonetic
component 		愛 愛
Rime
group 		隊 祭
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		愛 藹
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯːds/ /*qaːds/

Definitions

曖

  1. (literary, of daylight) dim; hazy
  2. † obscure; hidden

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

曖

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. dark, not clear

Readings

  • Go-on: あい (ai, Jōyō)、お (o)
  • Kan-on: あい (ai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: くらい (kurai, 曖い)、おおう (ōu, 曖う)、かげる (kageru, 曖る)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 曖 (MC 'ajH|'ojH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

曖 (eumhun 희미할 애 (huimihal ae))

  1. hanja form? of 애 (“dim”)

Compounds

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

曖: Hán Nôm readings: áy

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