Radical
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Mandarin
hái
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
6 strokes
Strokes
9 strokes
Mandarin
hái

Definitions by reading

hai6 hai5
Mandarin equivalent hái
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hai6 Chaoyang hai6 Chenghai hai6 Jieyang hai6 Raoping hai6 Shantou hai6
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hai5 Chaoyang hai5 Chenghai hai5 Jieyang hai5 Raoping hai5 Shantou hai5
孩〈动〉
(形声。从子,亥声。本义:小儿笑)
同本义。同“咳” [child laugh]
咳,小儿笑也。――《说文》。古文咳从子。内则,孟子则作此字。
孤女藐焉始孩。――潘岳《寡妇赋》
又如:未孩(还不会笑)
当作婴儿看待 [treat as baby]
圣人在天下,歙歙为天下浑其心,百姓皆注其耳目,圣人皆孩之。――《老子》
抚爱 [caress]
伏惟陛下,昧旦坐朝,留心政术,明罚以纠诸侯,申恩以孩百姓。――《北齐书》
孩〈形〉
幼小;幼稚 [young]
孩,少也。――《广雅》
忆昔十五心尚孩。――杜甫《百忧集行》
又如:孩赤无知(年幼无知);孩幼(幼儿);孩抱(幼

孩hái幼儿,儿童:婴~。小~子。小~儿。〈引〉子女:一对夫妇只生一个~子好。
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hai6
Mandarin equivalent hái
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hai6 Chaoyang hai6 Chenghai hai6 Jieyang hai6 Raoping hai6 Shantou hai6
①幼童:婴孩
②子女:孩子
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

baby, child; children

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
匣母 一等 開口 咍韵 平声 戶來切
Reconstruction:
Original

始生小兒,戶來切,八。