呆

See also: 騃, 獃, 杏, and 杲
呆 U+5446, 呆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5446
← 呅
[U+5445] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呇 →
[U+5447]

Translingual
Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

呆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口木 (RD), four-corner 60904, composition ⿱口木)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
  • Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5446

Chinese

Glyph origin
Etymology 1
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 木 (“wood”) – dull; wooden.
Etymology 2
See 保.
Etymology 3
Simplified from 槑.

Etymology 1
trad. 呆
simp. # 呆
alternative forms 獃
騃／𫘤
𤶗

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tai - vernacular;
  • gâi - literary.
    Note: ngai5 - used in 呆板.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 1te; 6nge
        • MiniDict: te平; nge去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1te; 3nge
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te⁵³/, /ŋe²³/
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 呆 呆
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1956 1957
Phonetic
component		 呆 呆
Rime
group		 之 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 𪒴 皚
Old
Chinese		 /*tɯː/ /*ŋɯː/
Notes 懛今字 獃今字

Definitions

呆

  1. dull; wooden
  2. dull-minded; simple; stupid
  3. (Eastern Min) bad
  4. (chiefly Mainland China) Alternative form of 待 (“to stay”)
    在廣州呆了十幾年 [MSC, trad.]
    在广州呆了十几年 [MSC, simp.]
    zài guǎngzhōu dāile shí jǐ nián [Pinyin]
    was in Guangzhou for 10 or so years
  5. a surname: Dai
Synonyms
  • (bad):
Dialectal synonyms of 壞 (“bad; not good”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 惡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 壞
Mandarin Beijing 壞, 賴
Taiwan 壞
Jinan 壞, 孬, 賴
Xi'an 瞎, 壞
Wuhan 壞, 拐
Chengdu 壞
Yangzhou 壞
Hefei 壞
Malaysia 壞
Singapore 壞
Cantonese Guangzhou 壞, 弊, 衰
Hong Kong 壞, 衰
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 衰
Yangjiang 壞
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 衰
Singapore (Guangfu) 衰
Gan Nanchang 壞
Hakka Meixian 壞
Wuhua (Meilin) 衰
Jin Taiyuan 賴, 壞
Northern Min Jian'ou 壞, 獰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 呆, 否
Southern Min Xiamen 歹, 䆀
Xiamen (Tong'an) 歹
Quanzhou 歹
Jinjiang 歹
Nan'an 歹
Shishi 歹
Zhangzhou 䆀
Zhao'an 䆀, 孬
Tainan 歹
Penang (Hokkien) 䆀, 歹
Singapore (Hokkien) 歹
Manila (Hokkien) 歹
Datian 歹
Chaozhou 孬
Shantou 孬
Jieyang 孬, 歹
Singapore (Teochew) 歹, 孬
Leizhou 㾀
Wenchang 㾀
Haikou 㾀
Singapore (Hainanese) 㾀
Wu Shanghai 壞, 恘
Suzhou 壞, 恘
Ningbo 歪, 推扳, 嘸做
Wenzhou 毛
Xiang Changsha 壞, 拐
Shuangfeng 壞, 拐
  • (stupid):

Compounds
  • 口舌呆鈍／口舌呆钝
  • 呆不龍咚／呆不龙咚
  • 呆了一呆
  • 呆住 (dāizhù)
  • 呆似木雞／呆似木鸡
  • 呆僗／呆𫢬
  • 呆呆地
  • 呆呆掙掙／呆呆挣挣
  • 呆呆鄧鄧／呆呆邓邓
  • 呆坐
  • 呆子 (dāizi)
  • 呆小症
  • 呆帳／呆帐
  • 呆想
  • 呆打頦／呆打颏
  • 呆掙／呆挣
  • 呆木大
  • 呆板
  • 呆水位
  • 呆漢／呆汉
  • 呆滯／呆滞 (dāizhì)
  • 呆滯物料／呆滞物料
  • 呆瓜 (dāiguā)
  • 呆登登
  • 呆立
  • 呆笑
  • 呆答孩
  • 呆答答
  • 呆緻緻／呆致致
  • 呆老漢／呆老汉
  • 呆腦呆頭／呆脑呆头
  • 呆若木雞／呆若木鸡 (dāiruòmùjī)
  • 呆著臉／呆著脸
  • 呆裡撒奸
  • 呆貨／呆货
  • 呆鄧鄧／呆邓邓
  • 呆頭呆腦／呆头呆脑 (dāitóudāinǎo)
  • 呆頭木腦／呆头木脑
  • 呆鳥／呆鸟
  • 嚇呆／吓呆 (xiàdāi)
  • 孝呆 (hàu-tai) (Min Nan)
  • 干呆
  • 懵懂痴呆
  • 打呆歌
  • 撇呆打墮／撇呆打堕
  • 書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)
  • 痴呆
  • 痴呆懵懂
  • 痴呆症
  • 發呆／发呆 (fādāi)
  • 目呆口咂
  • 目定口呆 (mùdìngkǒudāi)
  • 目睜口呆／目睁口呆
  • 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi)
  • 目瞪神呆
  • 看呆
  • 老伯呆
  • 老阿呆
  • 裝憨打呆／装憨打呆
  • 賣呆／卖呆
  • 賣呆兒／卖呆儿
  • 鄧鄧呆呆／邓邓呆呆

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 保).

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 梅.
(This character is a variant form of 梅).

Japanese

Kanji
呆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. amazed, disgusted, shocked

Readings

Korean

Hanja

呆 (eumhun 어리석을 매 (eoriseogeul mae))

  1. Hanja form? of 매 (“dull-minded; simple; stupid”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

呆: Hán Nôm readings: ngốc

  1. stupid, naive, foolish
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