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埃

埃

Translingual

Han character

埃 (radical 32 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈人大 (GIOK), four-corner 43134, composition ⿰土矣)

References

  • KangXi: page 229, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5107
  • Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 447, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+57C3

See also

  • Chinese Numeral 埃

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 埃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唉 *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃 *qlɯː
欸 *qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭 *qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨 *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃 *ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟 *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢 *sɢrɯʔ
涘 *sɢrɯʔ
誒 *qʰlɯ
矣 *ɢlɯʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 埃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏開切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔəi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔəj/
Li
Rong		 /ʔᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /ɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 āi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 埃
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 āi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔoj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qˤə/
English dust

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 埃
Reading # 1/1
No. 14933
Phonetic
component		 矣
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 哀
Old
Chinese		 /*qlɯː/

Definitions

埃

  1. fine dust, dirt
    塵埃 / 尘埃  ―  chénāi  ―  dust
  2. angstrom
  3. one billionth, the number 10-10
  4. (a phonetic component)
    埃及  ―  Āijí  ―  Egypt
    埃塞俄比亞 / 埃塞俄比亚  ―  Āisài'ébǐyà  ―  Abyssinia
    蘇維埃 / 苏维埃  ―  sūwéiāi  ―  soviet
  5. Short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”).

Compounds

  • 埃及 (Āijí)
  • 埃及曆／埃及历
  • 埃塵／埃尘
  • 埃滅／埃灭
  • 塵埃／尘埃 (chén'āi)
  • 塵埃傳染／尘埃传染
  • 塵埃落定／尘埃落定
  • 星際塵埃／星际尘埃

Japanese

Kanji

埃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

埃 ‎(hiragana あい, romaji ai)

  1. one billionth

埃 ‎(hiragana ほこり, romaji hokori)

  1. dust

Korean

Hanja

埃 • ‎(ae) (hangeul 애, McCune-Reischauer ae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

埃 (ai)

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