矮

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 矮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
矮 *qraːlʔ
躷 *qraːlʔ
捼 *noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭 *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹 *qoːl
踒 *qoːl
餧 *nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉 *nols, *qrolʔ
痿 *njol, *qrol
萎 *qrol, *qrols
逶 *qrol
覣 *qrol
蜲 *qrol, *qrolʔ
委 *qrol, *qrolʔ
緌 *njul

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

矢 might be an abbreviated form of 短 (“short”).

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 (Min Nan) /ai⁵³/
/ue⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ai²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /oi⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /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
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
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
    Antonyms: 高 (gāo)
  2. low

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
  • 矮人觀場／矮人观场
  • 矮仔財／矮仔财
  • 矮個／矮个
  • 矮個兒／矮个儿
  • 矮個子／矮个子
  • 矮冬瓜 (ǎidōngguā)
  • 矮凳
  • 矮化
  • 矮墩墩 (ǎidūndūn)
  • 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
  • 矮巴溜丟／矮巴溜丢
  • 矮星 (ǎixīng)
  • 矮牆／矮墙
  • 矮牆淺屋／矮墙浅屋
  • 矮矬
  • 矮矬子
  • 矮矬矬
  • 矮胖 (ǎipàng)
  • 矮行星 (ǎixíngxīng)
  • 矮趴趴
  • 矮靈祭／矮灵祭
  • 矲矮
  • 說矮話／说矮话
  • 高矮 (gāo'ǎi)

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 (ải)

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