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藹

藹

See also: 蔼

Translingual

Han character

藹 (radical 140 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口女 (TYRV) or X廿卜口女 (XTYRV), four-corner 4462₇)

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affable, friendly

References

KangXi: page 1067, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32397

Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3328, character 3

Unihan data for U+85F9

Chinese

trad.		藹
simp.		蔼

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ǎi (ai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
  - Wade-Giles: ai³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi²
  - Yale: ói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi²
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	藹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	於蓋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔɑi^H/
Wang Li	/ɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*qˤa[t]-s/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔaj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*qˤa[t]-s/
English	ample, numerous
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.

Definitions

藹

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Compounds

和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
和藹可親／和蔼可亲
慈藹／慈蔼
春風藹吉／春风蔼吉
晻藹／晻蔼

暗藹／暗蔼
芳藹／芳蔼
菴藹／庵蔼
藹如／蔼如
藹彩／蔼彩

藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán)
藹然可親／蔼然可亲 (ǎiránkěqīn)
藹藹／蔼蔼
蘊藹／蕴蔼
門闌藹瑞／门阑蔼瑞

Japanese

Kanji

藹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: あい (ai), あつ (atsu)

Kun: おおい (ooi), まめまめしい (mamemameshii)

Korean

Hanja

藹 • ‎(ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune-Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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