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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 呆 U+5446 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 獃 Semantic variant Specialized semantic variant Simplified character | 騃 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 口+ 4 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Kangxi: p.181#11 Cihai: p.263r3c11 Hanyu: v1,p0585#11 |
| Composition: | Top: 口, bottom: 木. Compositionally related: 㕲 杏 𪱳 . Component of: 保 𨹦 𭑼 宲 𪭷 㙅 㳭 𠳳 𡷵 𣮃 𤥯 𪲖 𮀛 𤶭 𥆫 棠 𮇠 楶 𠻇 𣍀 [More] |
| Mandarin: | dāi ái ㄉㄞ ㄞˊ |
| Cantonese: | daai1 ngoi4 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·口部·四》呆：《篇海》补道切，同保。详人部保字注。又莫厚切，音母。古文某字。今俗以爲痴呆字。误也。 |
| Unihan definition: | dull; dull-minded, simple, stupid |
Example usage
| 《战国策》: | 以韩卒之勇，被坚甲，跖劲弩，呆利剑，一人桑百，不足言也。 |
| 《水经注·潍水》: | 《地理志》曰：灵门县有高厂＋呆山、壶山，浯水所出，东北入潍。 |
| 《西游记》: | 諕得个三藏痴呆，伯钦打挣 |
| 《三国演义》: | 八路人马，都看得呆了。 |
| 《金瓶梅》: | 应伯爵听见，走过来道：“呆兄弟，他多只眼儿看你倒不好么？” |
| 《封神演义》: | 昏君意呆心毒，听信贱人之言，必欲致你死地。 |
| 《朱子语类·释氏》: | 禅只是一个呆守法，如“麻三斤”、“乾屎橛”。 |
| 《红楼梦》: | 雨村不觉看得呆了。 |
| 《全唐诗》: | 弃本却逐末，只守一场呆。 |
| 《康熙字典·四》: | 呆：《篇海》补道切，同保。 |
| 《儒林外史》: | 老和尚呆著脸道：“在小房住的客，若是买办和厨子是一个人做，就住不的了。” |
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