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埃 U+57C3, 埃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57C3
← 埂
[U+57C2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 埄 →
[U+57C4]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qlɯː): semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 矣 (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.
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Definitions

埃

  1. fine dust, dirt
    塵埃／尘埃  ―  chén'āi  ―  dust
  2. (obsolete) the number 10-10; one ten-billionth
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 灰塵 (“dust”) [map]
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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

More information Chinese historical small numbers, Value ...

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

埃

  1. Used in transcription.
    埃及  ―  Āijí  ―  Egypt
    埃塞俄比亞／埃塞俄比亚  ―  Āisài'ébǐyà  ―  Ethiopia
    蘇維埃／苏维埃  ―  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

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Cantonese aai1, oi1 or both?”

Definitions

埃

  1. angstrom

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

埃

  1. (Shanghainese) that
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 那 (“that”) [map]
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Japanese

Kanji

埃

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

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Compare 誇(ほこ)り (hokori, “pride”).

Pronunciation

Noun

埃(ほこり) • (hokori) 

  1. dust

Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese 埃 (MC 'oj).

Pronunciation

Noun

埃(あい) • (ai) 

  1. one ten-billionth

References

Korean

Hanja

埃 (eumhun 티끌 애 (tikkeul ae))

  1. fine dust, dirt

References

Tày

Verb

埃 (ai)

  1. Nôm form of ai (“to lean on”).
    𫡲百祥仙埃
    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]‎ (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
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Vietnamese

Han character

埃: Hán Việt readings: ai
埃: Nôm readings: ai

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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