呆

See also: 騃 and 杏

呆	U+5446, 呆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5446

← 呅
[U+5445]

CJK Unified Ideographs

呇 →
[U+5447]

Translingual

Han character

呆 (radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口木 (RD), four-corner 6090₄, composition ⿱口木)

Derived characters

保

References

KangXi: page 181, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395

Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 585, character 11

Unihan data for U+5446

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 木 (“wood”) – dull; wooden.
Etymology 2: See 保.
Etymology 3: Simplified from 槑.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呆
variant forms		獃騃𤶗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāi, ái (dai¹, ai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴, daai¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngôi

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi²
Min Dong (BUC): ngài
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tai / gâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngai⁵ / dai¹
Wu (Wiktionary): te (T1); nge (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
  - Wade–Giles: tai¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: ái
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ai²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁴, daai¹
  - Yale: ngòih, dāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴, daai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴, dai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːy̯²¹/, /täːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi¹
  - IPA: /ŋoi̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi²
  - IPA: /ŋoɪ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngài
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tai
  - Tâi-lô: tai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: day
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâi
  - Tâi-lô: gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gaɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /gaɪ²⁴/

Note:

tai - vernacular;
gâi - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngai⁵ / dai¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâi / tai
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋai⁵⁵/, /tai³³/

Note: ngai5 - used in 呆板.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: te (T1); nge (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /te̞⁵³/, /ŋe̞²³/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*tɯː/, /*ŋɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呆	呆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1956	1957
Phonetic component	呆	呆
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𪒴	皚
Old Chinese	/*tɯː/	/*ŋɯː/
Notes	懛今字	獃今字

Definitions

呆

dull; wooden
dull-minded; simple; stupid
(Min Dong) bad
Alternative form of 待 (“to stay”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壞 (“bad; not good”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	衰
Cantonese	Hong Kong	衰
Min Dong	Fuzhou	呆
Min Nan	Taipei	歹

Compounds

口舌呆鈍／口舌呆钝
呆不龍咚／呆不龙咚
呆了一呆
呆似木雞／呆似木鸡
呆住 (dāizhù)
呆僗
呆呆地
呆呆掙掙／呆呆挣挣
呆呆鄧鄧／呆呆邓邓
呆坐
呆子 (dāizi)
呆小症
呆帳／呆帐
呆想
呆打頦／呆打颏
呆掙／呆挣
呆木大
呆板 (dāibǎn)
呆水位
呆滯／呆滞 (dāizhì)
呆滯物料／呆滞物料

呆漢／呆汉
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
呆登登
呆立
呆笑
呆答孩
呆答答
呆緻緻／呆致致
呆老漢／呆老汉
呆腦呆頭／呆脑呆头
呆若木雞／呆若木鸡 (dāiruòmùjī)
呆著臉／呆著脸
呆裡撒奸／呆里撒奸
呆貨／呆货
呆鄧鄧／呆邓邓
呆頭呆腦／呆头呆脑 (dāitóudāinǎo)
呆頭木腦／呆头木脑
呆鳥／呆鸟
嚇呆／吓呆 (xiàdāi)
干呆

懵懂痴呆
打呆歌
撇呆打墮／撇呆打堕
書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)
痴呆 (chīdāi)
痴呆懵懂
痴呆症 (chīdāizhèng)
發呆／发呆 (fādāi)
目呆口咂
目定口呆
目睜口呆／目睁口呆
目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi)
目瞪神呆
看呆
老伯呆
老阿呆
裝憨打呆／装憨打呆
賣呆／卖呆
賣呆兒／卖呆儿
鄧鄧呆呆／邓邓呆呆

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”). (This character, 呆, is a variant form of 保.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 梅 (“Chinese plum; ver=180112}}; etc.”). (This character, 呆, is a variant form of 梅.)

Japanese

Kanji

呆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

amazed, disgusted, shocked

Readings

Go-on: ほ (ho); がい (gai)
Kan-on: ほう (hō); がい (gai)
Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō); たい (tai)
Kun: あきる (akiru, 呆る); あきれる (akireru, 呆れる); ほける (hokeru, 呆ける); ほうける (hōkeru, 呆ける); ぼける (bokeru, 呆ける)

Korean

Hanja

呆 • (mae, tae, bo) (hangeul 매, 태, 보, McCune–Reischauer mae, t'ae, po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呆 (ngốc)

stupid, naive, foolish

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