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Definition 2024


Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(radical 39 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓木卜女人 (NDYVO), four-corner 10482, composition)

  1. baby, child
  2. children

References

  • KangXi: page 279, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1015, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5B69

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː, *ɡɯː
*kɯː, *krɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
*kɯː
*kɯː
*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
*kɯː
*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
*kʰɯː
*kʰɯːʔ
*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
*ŋɡɯːɡs
*ŋɡɯːɡs
*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
*ɡɯː
*ɡɯːʔ
*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
*krɯː
*kʰrɯːɡs
*ɡrɯː
*ɡrɯːʔ
*kʰɯːɡ
*qɯːɡ
*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəj/
Li
Rong
/ɣᴀi/
Wang
Li
/ɣɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hái
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hái
Middle
Chinese
‹ hoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˤə/
English child

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4824
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡɯː/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 孩子家
  • 孩子氣孩子气
  • 孩子王
  • 孩子頭孩子头
  • 孩提
  • 孩氣孩气
  • 孩童 (háitóng)
  • 家生孩兒家生孩儿
  • 小孩 (xiǎohái)
  • 小孩子家 (xiǎoháizijiā)
  • 帶孩子带孩子
  • 弟子孩兒弟子孩儿
  • 打孩歌
  • 摩孩羅摩孩罗
  • 毛孩子
  • 泥孩兒泥孩儿
  • 男孩子 (nánháizi)
  • 皮孩子
  • 紅孩兒红孩儿
  • 臺孩台孩
  • 虎剌孩
  • 野孩子

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hae) (hangeul , revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hài, hời)

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