癩

See also: 癞

癩 U+7669, 癩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7669 ← 癨 [U+7668] CJK Unified Ideographs 癪 → [U+766A]

癩 U+F90E, 癩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F90E ← 懶 [U+F90D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 羅 → [U+F90F]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 782, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22622
• Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2703, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7669

• Unihan data for U+F90E

Chinese

trad.		癩
simp.		癞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賴	*raːds
籟	*raːds
癩	*raːds, *raːd
瀨	*raːds
藾	*raːds
攋	*raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
懶	*raːnʔ
嬾	*raːnʔ
獺	*r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lài (lai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai⁶ / laai³ / laat⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): lâi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāi / thái
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lài
    • Wade–Giles: lai⁴
    • Yale: lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lay
    • Palladius: лай (laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laai⁶ / laai³ / laat⁶
    • Yale: laaih / laai / laaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai⁶ / laai³ / laat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai⁶ / lai³ / lad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯²²/, /laːi̯³³/, /laːt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi
    • Tâi-lô: lāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thái
    • Tâi-lô: thái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴¹/

Note:

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

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶la
    • MiniDict: la^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³la
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /la²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lajH, lat

Rime
Character	癩	癩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落蓋切	盧達切
Baxter	lajH	lat
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑiH/	/lɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lài	là
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laai6	laat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːds/, /*raːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癩	癩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7633	7641
Phonetic component	賴	賴
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	賴	剌
Old Chinese	/*raːds/	/*raːd/

Definitions

癩

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 (làizi)
• 癩瓜／癞瓜 (làiguā)
• 癩病／癞病 (làibìng)
• 癩皮狗／癞皮狗 (làipígǒu)
• 癩皮病／癞皮病
• 癩蝦蟆／癞虾蟆 (làiháma)
• 癩頭／癞头
• 癩頭跣腳／癞头跣脚
• 癩頭黿／癞头鼋 (làitóuyuán)
• 粗癩癩／粗癞癞

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Tangwang: lɛ²⁴ > lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴²

Japanese

Kanji

癩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. leprosy

   Synonyms: 厲, 癘

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)^{←らい (rai, historical)}
• Kan-on: らい (rai)^{←らい (rai, historical)}
• Kun: かったい (kattai, 癩)

Compounds

• 癩(らい)菌(きん) (raikin)
• 癩(らい)疾(しつ) (raishitsu) (厲(らい)疾(しつ))
• 癩(らい)者(しゃ) (raisha)
• 癩(らい)人(じん) (raijin) (厲(らい)人(じん))
• 癩(らい)病(びょう) (raibyō)
• 白(びゃく)癩(らい) (byakurai)

 

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 癩 (MC lajH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らい [ráꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠i]

Noun

癩(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
癩
かったい Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【乞丐かったい】 [noun] (archaic, derogatory) leprosy [noun] beggar [noun] (derogatory) idiot, fool

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

Korean

Hanja

癩 • (ra>na) (hangeul 라>나, revised ra>na, McCune–Reischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)

1. hanja form^? of 나 (“leprosy”)

Vietnamese

Han character

癩: Hán Nôm readings: lại, cùi, lầy

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