曖

See also: 暧

曖	U+66D6, 曖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66D6

← 曕
[U+66D5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

曗 →
[U+66D7]

Translingual

Han character

曖 (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: volume 2, page 1538, character 17

Unihan data for U+66D6

Chinese

trad.		曖
simp.		暧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (愛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi², oi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi², oi³
  - Yale: ói, oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi², oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi², oi³
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³⁵/, /ɔːi̯³³/

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

Middle Chinese: /ʔɑi^H/, /ʔʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	曖	曖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	於蓋切	烏代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaj^H/	/ʔəj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/ɑi^H/	/ɒi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài	ài

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qɯːds/, /*qaːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曖	曖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2	8
Phonetic component	愛	愛
Rime group	隊	祭
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	愛	藹
Old Chinese	/*qɯːds/	/*qaːds/

Definitions

曖

(of daylight) dim

Compounds

曖昧／暧昧 (àimèi)

Japanese

Kanji

曖

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

dark, not clear

Readings

Kan’on: あい (ai, Jōyō)
Kun: くらい (kurai, 曖い)

Korean

Hanja

曖 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: áy

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