霾

霾 · mái

misty, foggy; dust storm

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mái
Cantonese
maai4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

misty, foggy; dust storm

Dictionary definitions & readings

霾 mái · haze

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64081.070:mái,lí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0759.010:mái Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
241.090:mái Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
mái粵maai4,mai4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
バイ マイ メ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫皆 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MBBHG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1021.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1379.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
095.26 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0978n Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+973E
Radical
雨 · 173
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6468

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
霾
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
meaj · 莫皆 · 蟹開二平皆明 · #351

PHONO-ML, source line 3153; 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
1458.104
kDaeJaweon
1889.140
kGSR
0978n
kHanYu
64081.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1889.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64081.070
kIRGKangXi
1379.300
kKangXi
1379.300
kMatthews
4321
kMeyerWempe
1762a
kMorohashi
42507
kSBGY
095.26
kSMSZD2003Index
762.08
kCangjie
MBBHG
kFourCornerCode
1021.4
kHKGlyph
4453
kMojiJoho
MJ027872
kPhonetic
789A
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7632
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5B5
kIRG_JSource
J0-704A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-84C0
kIRG_KSource
K2-6C51
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C21
kRSUnicode
173.14
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
C5B5
kCCCII
215F6C
kCNS1986
1-7C21
kCNS1992
1-7C21
kEACC
215F6C
kGB0
8618
kGB1
8618
kJis0
8042
kMainlandTelegraph
7223
kTGH
2013:6468
kTaiwanTelegraph
7223
kXerox
273:373
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7139+173.8.14
kCantonese
maai4
kDefinition
misty, foggy; dust storm
kFanqie
莫皆
kHanyuPinyin
64081.070:mái,lí
kJapanese
バイ マイ メ
kJapaneseKun
TSUCHIFURU TSUCHIGUMORI
kJapaneseOn
BAI
kKorean
MAY
kMandarin
mái
kSMSZD2003Readings
mái粵maai4,mai4
kTGHZ2013
241.090:mái
kTang
mæi
kXHC1983
0759.010:mái

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 霾0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
雨 above 貍 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱雨貍$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱雨貍$(GHTJKP)

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