咍

咍 · hāi

laugh

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hāi
Cantonese
hoi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

laugh

Dictionary definitions & readings

咍 hāi · (interj.); happy; sound of laughter

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10610.070:hāi,tāi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0432.021:hāi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
128.060:hāi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hāi粵hoi1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カイ タイ わらう たのしむ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
해:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
hay Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呼來 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RIR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6306.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0185.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
098.52 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1240a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+548D
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6680

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xoj · 呼來 · 蟹開一平咍曉 · #383

PHONO-ML, source line 3323; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
268.401
kDaeJaweon
0404.050
kGSR
1240a
kHanYu
10610.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
0404.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10610.070
kIRGKangXi
0185.050
kKangXi
0185.050
kMatthews
2013
kMorohashi
03492
kSBGY
098.52
kSMSZD2003Index
98.04
kCangjie
RIR
kFourCornerCode
6306.0
kMojiJoho
MJ008200
kPhonetic
1373
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3577
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CBE8
kIRG_JSource
J14-236D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-398B
kIRG_KSource
K1-7331
kIRG_TSource
T2-2568
kIRG_VSource
V0-312A
kRSUnicode
30.5
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
CBE8
kCCCII
216F49
kCNS1986
2-2568
kCNS1992
2-2568
kEACC
216F49
kGB3
2187
kJIS0213
2,03,77
kJis1
2106
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6680
kTaiwanTelegraph
0739
kXerox
302:107
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14380+30.3.5
kCantonese
hoi1
kDefinition
laugh
kFanqie
呼來
kHangul
해:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10610.070:hāi,tāi
kJapanese
カイ タイ わらう たのしむ
kJapaneseKun
WARAHU YOROKOBU
kJapaneseOn
KAI TAI
kKorean
HAY
kMandarin
hāi
kSMSZD2003Readings
hāi粵hoi1
kTGHZ2013
128.060:hāi
kTang
xəi
kVietnamese
hay
kXHC1983
0432.021:hāi

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 咍0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
口 beside 台 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰口台$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口台$(GHTJKPV)

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