呆

呆 U+5446, 呆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5446 ← 呅 [U+5445] CJK Unified Ideographs 呇 → [U+5447]

Stroke order

呆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口木 (RD), four-corner 6090₄, composition ⿱口木)

• 保 㙅 㳭 槑 宲 棠 楶 襃 𠳳 𪭷 𪲖 𤥯 𥆫 𨲃 𨹦 𩛴 𫗷 𣍀 𣮃 𣔣 𪁣 𠻇 𣞃 𣘫 𤶭 𡷵 𩭚 𭑼 𮀛 𮇠 𮘒 𫬕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3395
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5446

Etymology 1

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 木 (“wood”) – dull, not sharp; wooden. Then the meaning evolved into "not sharp > stupid"

Etymology 2

See 保.

Etymology 3

Simplified from 槑.

trad.		呆/獃
simp.		呆
alternative forms		騃／𫘤 𤶗

呆

1. dull; wooden
2. dull-minded; simple; stupid
3. (Eastern Min) bad
4. (chiefly Mainland China) Alternative form of 待 (“to stay”)

   在廣州呆了十幾年 [MSC, trad.]
   在广州呆了十几年 [MSC, simp.]

   zài guǎngzhōu dāile shí jǐ nián [Pinyin]

   was in Guangzhou for 10 or so years

5. a surname: Dai

• (bad):

• (stupid):

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 保).

For pronunciation and definitions of 呆 – see 梅. (This character is a variant form of 梅).

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. amazed, disgusted, shocked

• Go-on: ほ (ho)、がい (gai)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)、がい (gai)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō)、たい (tai)
• Kun: あきる (akiru, 呆る)、あきれる (akireru, 呆れる)、ほける (hokeru, 呆ける)、ほうける (hōkeru, 呆ける)、ぼける (bokeru, 呆ける)

呆 (eumhun 어리석을 매 (eoriseogeul mae))

1. hanja form^? of 매 (“dull-minded; simple; stupid”)

• 치매 (癡呆/痴呆, chimae, “(medicine) dementia”)

呆: Hán Nôm readings: ngốc

1. stupid, naive, foolish