靄

See also: 霭

靄	U+9744, 靄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9744

← 靃
[U+9743]

CJK Unified Ideographs

靅 →
[U+9745]

Translingual

Han character

靄 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月卜口女 (MBYRV), four-corner 1062₇, composition ⿱⻗謁)

cloudy sky, haze mist
calm, peaceful

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42526
Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4083, character 3
Unihan data for U+9744

Chinese

trad.		靄
simp.		霭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
愒	kʰaːds, kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	qaːds, qaːd
餲	qraːds, qrads, ɡaːd, qaːd
喝	qraːds, qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	kʰrads, ked, kʰrad, ɡrad, kad, ɡad
偈	ɡrads, ɡrad
猲	kʰob, qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	klaːd, rab
渴	kʰaːd, ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	qʰaːd, qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	ɡaːd, ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	kʰreːd, kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	kʰraːd, ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	ɡrad, ɡad
碣	ɡrad, ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːds, *qaːd): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 謁 (OC *qad).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǎi (ai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǎi
  - Wade–Giles: ai³
  - Yale: ǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
  - Palladius: ай (aj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: oi²
  - Yale: ói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³⁵/

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

Middle Chinese: 'ajH, 'at

Rime
Character	靄	靄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	於蓋切	烏葛切
Baxter	'ajH	'at
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaj^H/	/ʔat̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɑt̚/
Wang Li	/ɑi^H/	/ɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑi^H/	/ʔɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	oi³	ot³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qaːds/, /*qaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靄	靄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5013	5041
Phonetic component	曷	曷
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	藹	遏
Old Chinese	/*qaːds/	/*qaːd/
Notes	見漢賦	見漢賦

Definitions

靄

mist; haze

Compounds

晻靄 / 暗霭
暖靄 / 暖霭
杳靄 / 杳霭
煙靄 / 烟霭 (yān'ǎi)
瑞靄 / 瑞霭
碧靄 / 碧霭
窅靄 / 窅霭
篆靄 / 篆霭
雲靄 / 云霭 (yún'ǎi)
靄氣 / 霭气
靄靄 / 霭霭

Japanese

Kanji

靄

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: あい (ai)、あち (achi)
Kan-on: あい (ai)、あつ (atsu)
Kun: もや (moya, 靄)

Compounds

靄(あい)靄(あい), 靄(あい)々(あい) (aiai)
靄(あい)気(き) (aiki)
靄(あい)然(ぜん) (aizen)
靄(あい)靆(たい) (aitai)
靄(あい)迺(だい) (aidai)
山(さん)靄(あい) (san'ai)
春(しゅん)靄(あい) (shun'ai)
水(すい)靄(あい) (suiai)
翠(すい)靄(あい) (suiai)
晩(ばん)靄(あい) (ban'ai)
暮(ぼ)靄(あい) (boai)
杳(よう)靄(あい) (yōai)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
靄
もや Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もや [móꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ja̠]

Noun

靄(もや) • (moya)

(meteorology, also figurative) mist

Derived terms

もやもや (moyamoya)
靄(もや)る (moyaru)
朝靄(あさもや) (asamoya)
雨(あま)靄(もや) (amamoya)
薄(うす)靄(もや) (usumoya)
夕(ゆう)靄(もや) (yūmoya)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
靄
あい Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 靄 (MC 'ajH).

Affix

靄(あい) • (ai)

mist, haze
mistiness, haziness

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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