矮

矮 U+77EE, 矮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77EE
← 短
[U+77ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs 矯 →
[U+77EF]

Translingual

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character

矮 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition ⿰矢委)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2585, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+77EE

Chinese

trad. 矮
simp. # 矮
2nd round simp. 仦

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qraːlʔ) : semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • óe/é - vernacular;
  • ái - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 矮
Mandarin Beijing /ai²¹⁴/
Harbin /ai²¹³/
/nai²¹³/
Tianjin /nai¹³/
Jinan /iɛ⁵⁵/
/ŋɛ⁵⁵/ 新
Qingdao /iɛ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ai⁵³/
Xi'an /ŋai⁵³/
Xining /nɛ⁵³/
Yinchuan /ɛ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɛ⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ai⁵¹/
Wuhan /ŋai⁴²/
Chengdu /ŋai⁵³/
Guiyang /ŋai⁴²/
/ai⁴²/ 新
Kunming /æ⁵³/
Nanjing /ae²¹²/
Hefei /ʐe̞²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ɣai⁵³/
Pingyao /ŋæ⁵³/
Hohhot /ŋɛ⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /a³⁵/
Suzhou /ɑ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /ʔie̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /a³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ŋa³⁵/
Tunxi /ŋa³¹/
Xiang Changsha /ŋai⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ŋai⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ŋai²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /ai³¹/
Taoyuan /ɑi³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐi³⁵/
Nanning /ɐi³⁵/
Hong Kong /ŋɐi³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ai⁵³/
/ue⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ai²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /oi⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ɔi²¹³/

Rime
Character 矮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏蟹切
Baxter 'eaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛX/
Wang
Li
/aiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aai2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 矮
Reading # 1/1
No. 12885
Phonetic
component
委
Rime
group
歌
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
矮
Old
Chinese
/*qraːlʔ/

Definitions

矮

  1. (of stature) short
    Antonym: 高 (gāo)
    他個子矮。/他个子矮。  ―  Tā gèzi ǎi.  ―  He is short.
  2. low (of less than normal height)
    矮牆/矮墙  ―  ǎi qiáng  ―  low wall
    張凳太矮喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    张凳太矮喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zoeng1 dang3 taai3 ai2 laa3. [Jyutping]
    The chair is too low.
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)

Synonyms

See also

Compounds

  • 低矮 (dī'ǎi)
  • 白矮星 (bái'ǎixīng)
  • 矬矮
  • 矮了半截
  • 矮人 (ǎirén)
  • 矮人一截
  • 矮人族
  • 矮人看場/矮人看场
  • 矮人看戲/矮人看戏
  • 矮人觀場/矮人观场
  • 矮仔
  • 矮仔財/矮仔财
  • 矮個/矮个 (ǎigè)
  • 矮個兒/矮个儿 (ǎigèr)
  • 矮個子/矮个子 (ǎigèzi)
  • 矮冬瓜 (ǎidōngguā)
  • 矮凳 (ǎidèng)
  • 矮化 (ǎihuà)
  • 矮囝
  • 矮垛垛
  • 矮墩墩 (ǎidūndūn)
  • 矮奴
  • 矮子 (ǎizi)
  • 矮子看戲/矮子看戏
  • 矮子觀場/矮子观场
  • 矮小 (ǎixiǎo)
  • 矮小精悍
  • 矮屋
  • 矮巴溜丟/矮巴溜丢
  • 矮星 (ǎixīng)
  • 矮牆/矮墙
  • 矮牆淺屋/矮墙浅屋
  • 矮矬 (ǎicuó)
  • 矮矬子
  • 矮矬矬
  • 矮篤篤/矮笃笃
  • 矮紙/矮纸
  • 矮胖 (ǎipàng)
  • 矮行星 (ǎixíngxīng)
  • 矮趴趴
  • 矮陋
  • 矮靈祭/矮灵祭
  • 矮黃/矮黄
  • 矲矮/𰦜矮
  • 觀場矮人/观场矮人
  • 說矮話/说矮话
  • 鄙矮
  • 高矮 (gāo'ǎi)

References

Japanese

Kanji

矮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. small, little, dwarf

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

矮 • (wae) (hangeul 왜, McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)

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Vietnamese

Han character

矮: Hán Nôm readings: ải

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