曃

曃 U+66C3, 曃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66C3 ← 曂 [U+66C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 曄 → [U+66C4]

Translingual

Han character

曃 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日卜中水 (AYLE), composition ⿰日逮)

1. dusky (used in 曖曃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14168
• Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1534, character 19
• Unihan data for U+66C3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		曃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
曃	*l̥ʰɯːds
埭	*l'ɯːds
逮	*l'ɯːds, *l'ɯːds
靆	*l'ɯːds
齂	*hmrɯːds, *hmrɯds, *mrɯːd
棣	*l'ɯːds
隸	*rɯːds
肆	*hljɯds
蕼	*hljɯds
肂	*hljɯds
殔	*lɯds
隶	*lɯds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dài
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴
    • Yale: dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: doi⁶
    • Yale: doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: thojH

Rime
Character	曃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他代切
Baxter	thojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəjH/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/tʰɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曃
Reading #	1/1
No.	7953
Phonetic component	隶
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	貸
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯːds/

Definitions

曃

1. only used in 曖曃／暧曃 (àidài)

Japanese

Kanji

曃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たい (tai)、だい (dai)
• Kun: あきらかでないさま (akirakadenaisama)