曖
See also: 暧
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Translingual
Han character
曖 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日月月水 (ABBE), four-corner 62047, composition ⿰日愛)
- obscure, dim, ambiguous, vague
Derived characters
- 𭌥
References
- KangXi: page 500, character 38
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14206
- Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1538, character 17
- Unihan data for U+66D6
Chinese
trad. | 曖 | |
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simp. | 暧 | |
alternative forms | 瞹 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (愛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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愛 | *qɯːds |
曖 | *qɯːds, *qaːds |
僾 | *qɯːds, *qɯlʔ |
靉 | *qɯːds, *qɯlʔ |
薆 | *qɯːds |
璦 | *qɯːds |
瞹 | *qaːds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯːds, *qaːds) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 愛 (OC *qɯːds).
Pronunciation
Definitions
曖
- (literary, of daylight) dim; hazy
- † obscure; hidden
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
曖
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- dark, not clear
Readings
- Go-on: あい (ai, Jōyō); お (o)
- Kan-on: あい (ai, Jōyō)
- Kun: くらい (kurai, 曖い); おおう (ōu, 曖う); かげる (kageru, 曖る)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 曖 (MC ʔɑiH, ʔʌiH).
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource曖 (eumhun 희미할 애 (huimihal ae))
- Hanja form? of 애 (“dim”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 애매 (曖昧, aemae, “ambiguity; obscurity”)
- 애매성 (曖昧性, aemaeseong)
- 애매모호 (曖昧模糊, aemaemoho, “obscurity”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
曖: Hán Nôm readings: áy
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