U+57C3, 埃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57C3

[U+57C2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+57C4]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𭉚, 𤠱, 𣘂

Further reading

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

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qlɯː): semantic (earth; soil) + phonetic (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


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

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'oj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəj/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀi/
Wang
Li
/ɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
āi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
oi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
āi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁə/
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14933
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qlɯː/

Definitions

  1. fine dust, dirt
      ―  chén'āi  ―  dust
  2. (obsolete) the number 10-10; one ten-billionth
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 囂埃 / 嚣埃
  • 埃土
  • 埃垢
  • 埃堨
  • 埃塵 / 埃尘
  • 埃境
  • 埃壒
  • 埃壤
  • 埃昏
  • 埃氛
  • 埃滅 / 埃灭
  • 埃煤
  • 埃穢 / 埃秽
  • 埃米 (āimǐ)
  • 埃芥
  • 埃藹 / 埃蔼
  • 埃霧 / 埃雾
  • 埃鬱 / 埃郁
  • 埃墨
  • 塕埃
  • 塵埃 / 尘埃 (chén'āi)
  • 塵埃傳染 / 尘埃传染
  • 塵埃落定 / 尘埃落定 (chén'āiluòdìng)
  • 寒埃
  • 打埃塵 / 打埃尘
  • 星際塵埃 / 星际尘埃
  • 梁埃
  • 氛埃
  • 沈埃
  • 浮埃
  • 涓埃 (juān'āi)
  • 淺埃 / 浅埃
  • 灰埃
  • 炎埃
  • 煙埃 / 烟埃
  • 碧埃
  • 積埃 / 积埃
  • 紅埃 / 红埃
  • 絕埃 / 绝埃
  • 纖埃 / 纤埃
  • 翔埃
  • 邊埃 / 边埃
  • 陰埃 / 阴埃
  • 雰埃 / 氛埃
  • 風埃 / 风埃
  • 黃埃 / 黄埃

See also

Chinese historical small numbers
Value Character Notes
10-1 (fèn) Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2 (), () Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3 (háo) Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also (máo).
10-4  / () Rarely used today.
(miǎo) Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5 () Rarely used today.
10-6 (wēi) Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7  / (xiān) Obsolete.
10-8 (shā) Obsolete.
10-9  / (chén) Obsolete.  / () and (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10 (āi) Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11 (miǎo) Obsolete.
10-12 () Obsolete. () is used for SI prefix pico-.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

  1. Used in transcription.
      ―  Āi  ―  Egypt
    塞俄比亞塞俄比亚  ―  Āisài'ébǐyà  ―  Ethiopia
    蘇維苏维  ―  sūwéi'āi  ―  soviet
  2. short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”)

Compounds

Etymology 3

Short for 埃斯特朗 (āisītèlǎng) or 埃格斯特朗 (āigésītèlǎng).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. angstrom

Etymology 4

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Shanghainese) that
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: あい (ai)
  • Kan-on: あい (ai)
  • Kun: ちり (chiri, )ほこり (hokori, )

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ほこり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compare (ほこ) (hokori, pride).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こり [hòkórí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ko̞ɾʲi]

Noun

(ほこり) • (hokori

  1. dust

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あい
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC 'oj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠i]

Noun

(あい) • (ai

  1. one ten-billionth

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 티끌 (tikkeul ae))

  1. fine dust, dirt

References

Tày

Verb

(ai)

  1. Nôm form of ai (to lean on).
    𫡲百祥仙
    Hả pác táng tiên ai
    There's a fairy leaning on each of the five hundred windows.
    律凳𱏄𪫆埃
    Loảt tắng ỷ mừa ai
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: ai
: Nôm readings: ai

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References