靄

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See also: 霭
靄 U+9744, 靄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9744
← 靃
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靅 →

Translingual

Han character

靄 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月卜口女 (MBYRV), four-corner 10627, composition ⿱⻗謁)

  1. cloudy sky, haze mist
  2. calm, peaceful

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42526
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4083, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9744

Chinese

trad. 靄
simp. 霭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (曷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愒 *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤 *qaːds
靄 *qaːds, *qaːd
餲 *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝 *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭 *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈 *ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲 *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛 *kaːd
輵 *kaːd
獦 *klaːd, *rab
渴 *kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑 *kʰaːd
暍 *qʰaːd, *qad
曷 *ɡaːd
褐 *ɡaːd
鶡 *ɡaːd
毼 *ɡaːd
蝎 *ɡaːd
鞨 *ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏 *qaːd
齃 *qaːd
堨 *qaːd
擖 *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬 *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅 *kʰrad
藒 *kʰrad
竭 *ɡrad, *ɡad
碣 *ɡrad, *ɡad
羯 *kad
鍻 *kad
歇 *qʰad
蠍 *qʰad
謁 *qad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːds, *qaːd) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 謁 (OC *qad)

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 靄 靄
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 曷 (63)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 於蓋切 烏葛切
Baxter 'ajH 'at
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔajH/ /ʔat̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɑiH/ /ɑt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑiH/ /ʔɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ài e
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		oi3 ot3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 靄 靄
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5013 5041
Phonetic
component 		曷 曷
Rime
group 		祭 月
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		藹 遏
Old
Chinese 		/*qaːds/ /*qaːd/
Notes 見漢賦 見漢賦

Definitions

靄

  1. mist; haze

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

靄

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: あい (ai)、あち (achi)
  • Kan-on: あい (ai)、あつ (atsu)
  • Kun: もや (moya, 靄)

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
靄
もや
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

靄(もや) • (moya) 

  1. (meteorology, also figurative) mist
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
靄
あい
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 靄 (MC 'ajH).

Affix

靄(あい) • (ai) 

  1. mist, haze
  2. mistiness, haziness

Proper noun

靄(あい) • (Ai) 

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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