黛

黛 · dài

blacken eyebrows; black

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
dài
Cantonese
doi6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

blacken eyebrows; black

Dictionary definitions & readings

黛 dài · (literary) dark pigment traditionally used to paint the eyebrows

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74747.050:dài Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0206.030:dài Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
064.060:dài Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
dài粵doi6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
タイ まゆずみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
대:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒耐 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
OPWGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2333.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1519.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
389.37 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0918r Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9EDB
Radical
黑 · 203
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6261

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
黛
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
dojH · 徒耐 · 蟹開一去咍定 · #2526

PHONO-ML, source line 14328; 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
1562.401
kDaeJaweon
2053.080
kFennIndex
489.08
kGSR
0918r
kHanYu
74747.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
2053.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74747.050
kIRGKangXi
1519.200
kKangXi
1519.200
kMatthews
6001
kMeyerWempe
3193e
kMorohashi
48075:E0103
kNelson
5408
kSBGY
389.37
kSMSZD2003Index
825.11
kCangjie
OPWGF
kFenn
328K
kFourCornerCode
2333.1
kHKGlyph
4729
kMojiJoho
MJ029905 MJ029905:E0102 MJ029906:E0103
kPhonetic
1370
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-776C
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C24C
kIRG_JSource
J0-4263
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D7A8
kIRG_KSource
K0-536A
kIRG_TSource
T1-7638
kRSUnicode
203.5
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C24C
kCCCII
21626C
kCNS1986
1-7638
kCNS1992
1-7638
kEACC
21626C
kGB0
8776
kGB1
8776
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
3467
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7818
kTGH
2013:6261
kTaiwanTelegraph
7818
kXerox
254:071
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2883+203.11.5 V+7729+203.12.5
kCantonese
doi6
kDefinition
blacken eyebrows; black
kFanqie
徒耐
kHangul
대:0N
kHanyuPinyin
74747.050:dài
kJapanese
タイ まゆずみ
kJapaneseKun
MAYUZUMI
kJapaneseOn
TAI
kKorean
TAY
kMandarin
dài
kSMSZD2003Readings
dài粵doi6
kTGHZ2013
064.060:dài
kTang
*dhə̀i
kXHC1983
0206.030:dài

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
13dictionary records using 黛0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱代黑$(GHTKP)

^⿱代黒$(J)

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