See also:
U+7669, 癩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7669

[U+7668]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+766A]
U+F90E, 癩
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F90E

[U+F90D]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F90F]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 104, +16, 21 strokes, cangjie input 大木中金 (KDLC), four-corner 00186, composition )

References

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lāi - literary;
  • thái - vernacular (俗).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (25) (63)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑiH/ /lɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑiH/ /lɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑiH/ /lɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lajH/ /lat̚/
Li
Rong
/lɑiH/ /lɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/lɑiH/ /lɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑiH/ /lɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
laai6 laat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7633 7641
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːds/ /*raːd/

Definitions

  1. leprosy
  2. (regional) favus, especially of the scalp
  3. coarse; uneven; rough

Compounds

  • 好癩好癞
  • 疥癩疥癞
  • 癩子癞子
  • 癩瓜癞瓜 (làiguā)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. leprosy
    Synonyms: ,

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC lɑiH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(らい) (rai) 

  1. (dated, derogatory) leprosy
    Synonyms: (common) ハンセン病 (Hansen-byō), (dated, derogatory) 癩病 (raibyō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かったい
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
乞丐かったい
[noun] (archaic, derogatory) leprosy
[noun] beggar
[noun] (derogatory) idiot, fool
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(ra>na) (hangeul >, revised ra>na, McCuneReischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)

  1. Hanja form? of (leprosy).

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lại, cùi, lầy

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