殆

殆 U+6B86, 殆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B86 ← 殅 [U+6B85] CJK Unified Ideographs 殇 → [U+6B87]

Translingual

Han character

殆 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓戈口 (MNIR), four-corner 1326₀, composition ⿰歹台)

1. dangerous, perilous
2. endangered
3. almost

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 580, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16430
• Dae Jaweon: page 972, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1384, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6B86

Chinese

trad.		殆
simp. #		殆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
胎	*l̥ʰɯː
台	*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
邰	*l̥ʰɯː
鮐	*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
孡	*l̥ʰɯː
苔	*l'ɯː
抬	*l'ɯː
駘	*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
炱	*l'ɯː
菭	*l'ɯː, *l'i
跆	*l'ɯː
殆	*l'ɯːʔ
怠	*l'ɯːʔ
迨	*l'ɯːʔ
紿	*l'ɯːʔ
詒	*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
軩	*l'ɯːʔ
咍	*hlɯː
佁	*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲	*slɯʔ
辝	*ljɯ
鈶	*ljɯʔ
笞	*l̥ʰɯ
齝	*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
眙	*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
治	*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
始	*hljɯʔ
怡	*lɯ
貽	*lɯ
飴	*lɯ
瓵	*lɯ
珆	*li

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁵ / doi⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): dâi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi / tǎi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶

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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: toi⁵ / doi⁶
    • Yale: tóih / doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁵ / doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁵ / doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯¹³/, /tɔːi̯²²/

Note: doi6 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎi
    • Tâi-lô: tǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dojX

Rime
Character	殆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒亥切
Baxter	dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/dəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəjX/
Li Rong	/dᴀiX/
Wang Li	/dɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	doi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dài
Middle Chinese	‹ dojX ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁəʔ/
English	danger
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殆
Reading #	1/1
No.	12272
Phonetic component	台
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	駘
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːʔ/

Definitions

殆

1. (literary, or in compounds) in peril; at stake
2. (literary, or in compounds) weary; tired
3. (literary, or in compounds) perhaps; probably
4. (literary, or in compounds) nearly; almost

Compounds

• 危殆 (wēidài)
• 幾殆／几殆
• 張羅殆盡／张罗殆尽
• 殆無孑遺／殆无孑遗
• 殆無虛日／殆无虚日
• 殆盡／殆尽 (dàijìn)
• 消滅殆盡／消灭殆尽
• 百戰不殆／百战不殆 (bǎizhànbùdài)
• 財多命殆／财多命殆
• 車殆馬煩／车殆马烦
• 逢殆

 

Japanese

Kanji

殆

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. almost, nearly
2. extremely dangerous, nearly deadly

Readings

• Go-on: だい (dai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai)
• Kun: あぶない (abunai, 殆ない)、あやうい (ayaui, 殆うい)、ほとほと (hotohoto)、ほとほとし (hotohotoshi, 殆し)、ほとと (hototo, 殆と)、ほとんど (hotondo, 殆ど)

Compounds

Compounds

• 危殆: critical

Korean

Hanja

殆 (eum 태 (tae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

殆: Hán Nôm readings: đãi

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References

• Nom Foundation