厓

厓	U+5393, 厓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5393

Translingual

Han character

厓 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土土 (MGG), composition ⿸厂圭)

Derived characters

𠊎, 𪞢, 啀, 堐, 娾, 崕, 𢛄, 捱, 涯, 𪺾, 𣔦, 𤦐, 睚, 𦁩, 𧍊, 䝽, 𨂉, 𭕃, 𪘬(𱌷), 𫨾, 𧡋, 崖, 𦲒, 𥯅

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 161, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2930
Dae Jaweon: page 367, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 70, character 12
Unihan data for U+5393

Chinese

simp. and trad.		厓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
街	kreː, kreː
鞋	ɡreː, ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	ŋreː, ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	ɡreː, kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	ŋreː, ŋre
崖	ŋreː, ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	qreː, qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	qreː, qʷraː
胿	ɡeː, kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	ɡʷraːʔ, ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	ɡʷraːʔ, qʰʷe
蛙	qʷraː, qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs
罣	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	kʰʷreː, ɡʷreːs
鼃	ɢʷreː, qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	kʷeː, ɡʷeː
茥	kʷeː, kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	ɡʷeː, sqʰʷe, qʰʷe, qʰʷi
烓	qʷeː, kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋreː) : semantic 厂 (“cliff”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː) to represent a cliff and the waterside.

Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character and 街 either comes from folk etymology or its appearence in the Small Seal script.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yá, yái (ya², yai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ, ㄧㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yá
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yá
  - Wade–Giles: ya²
  - Yale: yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya
  - Palladius: я (ja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yái
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yái
  - Wade–Giles: yai²
  - Yale: yái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yai
  - Palladius: яй (jaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngaai⁴
  - Yale: ngàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngea

Rime
Character	厓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五佳切
Baxter	ngea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋæi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨj/
Li Rong	/ŋɛ/
Wang Li	/ŋai/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋai/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤrar/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋreː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yá
Middle Chinese	‹ ngɛ ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁrar/
English	river bank; limit
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	厓
Reading #	1/1
No.	4538
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	崖
Old Chinese	/*ŋreː/

Definitions

厓

cliff
alt. forms: 崖 (yá)
waterside
alt. forms: 涯 (yá)
boundary
alt. forms: 涯 (yá)
^† Alternative form of 睚

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

厓

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: げ (ge)
Kan-on: がい (gai)
Kun: がけ (gake)、きし (kishi)、かたへ (katahe)、はて (hate)

Korean

Hanja

厓 (eum 애 (ae))

Vietnamese

Han character

厓: Hán Nôm readings: day

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