矮
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Translingual
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Han character
矮 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹木女 (OKHDV), four-corner 82444, composition ⿰矢委)
References
- KangXi: page 825, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23995
- Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2585, character 7
- Unihan data for U+77EE
Chinese
| trad. | 矮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 矮 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 仦 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qraːlʔ) : semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
矮
- (of stature) short
- Antonym: 高 (gāo)
- low (of less than normal height)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 矮 (“short (in stature)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 低 (“low”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 低 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 低 |
| Taiwan | 低 | |
| Jinan | 低 | |
| Xi'an | 低 | |
| Wuhan | 低, 矮 | |
| Chengdu | 矮, 低 | |
| Yangzhou | 低 | |
| Hefei | 低, 矮 | |
| Malaysia | 低 | |
| Singapore | 低 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 低 |
| Hong Kong | 低 | |
| Taishan | 低 | |
| Yangjiang | 低 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 低 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 低, 矮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 低, 矮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 低 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 矮 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 下, 矮 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 下 |
| Quanzhou | 下 | |
| Zhangzhou | 下 | |
| Tainan | 下 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 下 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 下 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 下 | |
| Chaozhou | 下, 矮 | |
| Shantou | 下 | |
| Jieyang | 下 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 下 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 下 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 低 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 低 |
| Ningbo | 低, 矮 | |
| Zhoushan | 低, 矮 | |
| Wenzhou | 低, 矮 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 低, 矮, 下 |
| Shuangfeng | 低, 矮 | |
Compounds
References
- “Entry #9769”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Korean
Hanja
矮 • (wae) (hangeul 왜, McCune–Reischauer wae, Yale way)
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Vietnamese
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