翳

翳 U+7FF3, 翳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FF3 ← 翲 [U+7FF2] CJK Unified Ideographs 翴 → [U+7FF4]

Translingual

Han character

翳 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸水尸一一 (SESMM), four-corner 7712₇, composition ⿱殹羽)

Derived characters

• 𭌣, 𡤖, 蠮, 蘙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 959, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1405, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3355, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7FF3

Chinese

trad.		翳
simp. #		翳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鷖	*qiː
翳	*qiː, *qiːs
嫛	*qiː
黳	*qiː
繄	*qiː, *qiːs
医	*qiːs
嫕	*qiːs
蘙	*qiːs
瞖	*qiːs
殹	*qiːs
贀	*ɢʷis
醫	*qɯ
毉	*qɯ
蠮	*qiːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiː, *qiːs) : phonetic 殹 (OC *qiːs) + semantic 羽.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): è / ì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i³ / e³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ai³
    • Yale: ai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³³/

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

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: è
    • Tâi-lô: è
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /e²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì
    • Tâi-lô: ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i³ / e³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì / ṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³/, /ɯ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ej, 'ejH

Rime
Character	翳	翳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	烏奚切	於計切
Baxter	'ej	'ejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔei/	/ʔeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔei/	/ʔeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛi/	/ʔɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛj/	/ʔɛjH/
Li Rong	/ʔei/	/ʔeiH/
Wang Li	/iei/	/ieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiei/	/ʔieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jai1	jai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qiː/, /*qiːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翳	翳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15046	15051
Phonetic component	医	医
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鷖	翳
Old Chinese	/*qiː/	/*qiːs/

Definitions

翳

1. (literary) shade; screen
2. nebula
3. (literary) to hide; to conceal
4. (literary) to shade; to screen
5. (literary) feather cover of vehicle
6. (Mainland China Hokkien) gloomy clouds

Compounds

• 屏翳
• 岑翳
• 晻翳／暗翳
• 浮雲翳日／浮云翳日
• 白翳 (báiyì)
• 眼翳
• 翳桑餓人／翳桑饿人
• 翳滅／翳灭
• 翳翳
• 翳薈／翳荟
• 翳鳥／翳鸟
• 蔭翳／荫翳
• 蓱翳
• 陰翳／阴翳
• 障翳
• 雲翳／云翳
• 點翳／点翳
• 黶翳／黡翳

 

Japanese

Kanji

翳

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to hide; to conceal
2. to shade
3. shadow

   Synonym: 影

Readings

• Go-on: あい (ai)^{←あい (ai, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei)^{←えい (ei, historical)}
• Kun: かげ (kage, 翳)、かげり (kageri, 翳り)、かげる (kageru, 翳る)、かざし (kazashi, 翳し)、かざす (kazasu, 翳す)、かすめる (kasumeru, 翳める)、きぬがさ (kinugasa, 翳)

Compounds

• 翳(えい)翳(えい) (eiei)
• 翳(えい)然(ぜん) (eizen)
• 翳(えい)薈(わい) (eiwai)
• 暗(あん)翳(えい) (an'ei) (暗(あん)影(えい))
• 陰(いん)翳(えい) (in'ei)
• 掩(えん)翳(えい) (en'ei)
• 黶(えん)翳(えい) (en'ei)
• 遮(しゃ)翳(えい) (shaei)
• 障(しょう)翳(えい) (shōei)
• 岑(しん)翳(えい) (shin'ei)
• 潜(せん)翳(えい) (sen'ei)
• 繊(せん)翳(えい) (sen'ei)
• 霾(ばい)翳(えい) (baiei)
• 氛(ふん)翳(えい) (fun'ei)
• 蓱(へい)翳(えい) (heiei)
• 蒙(もう)翳(えい) (mōei)

 

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
翳
えい Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 翳 (MC 'ejH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

翳(えい) • (ei) 

1. shade; shadow (interchangeable with 影 (ei))

Noun

翳(えい) • (ei) 

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
翳
かげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry.

【陰かげ】S [noun] shadow, shade [noun] hidden side

(This term, 翳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
翳
かす(み) Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

翳(かすみ) • (kasumi) 

1. dimness (of eyesight)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
翳
さしば Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry.

【さしば】 [noun] a long-handled fan, usually made of silk, normally held by an attendant and used to hide the face of a nobleman during certain official imperial ceremonies Alternative spellings 刺羽, 指羽, さしは

(This term, 翳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
翳
は Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翳 – see the following entry: は

(The following entry is uncreated: は.)

Korean

Hanja

翳 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

翳: Hán Nôm readings: ế

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References

• Nom Foundation