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Translingual
Han character
霾 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 一月月竹土 (MBBHG), four-corner 10214, composition ⿱雨貍)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1379, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42507
- Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4081, character 7
- Unihan data for U+973E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 埋
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*mrɯː
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| 霾
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*mrɯː
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| 薶
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*mrɯː
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| 榸
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*ʔr'ɯː
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| 厘
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*rɯ
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| 狸
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*rɯ
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| 貍
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*p·rɯ
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| 梩
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*rɯ
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| 艃
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*rɯ
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| 里
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*rɯʔ
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| 理
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*rɯʔ
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| 鯉
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*rɯʔ
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| 俚
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*rɯʔ
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| 悝
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*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
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| 娌
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*rɯʔ
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| 裏
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*rɯʔ
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| 荲
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*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrɯː) : semantic 雨 + phonetic 貍 (OC *p·rɯ).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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霾
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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mái
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mɛj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mˁrə/
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| English
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whirlwind
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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霾
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7818
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Phonetic
component
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里
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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埋
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Old
Chinese
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/*mrɯː/
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Definitions
霾
- fog; haze
- misty; foggy
- dust storm
Synonyms
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
霾
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
霾 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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