Zi:呆
呆 [dāi] 痴呆 stupid/dull/dumb; 呆/待会 stay/wait; 呆板 rigid/stiff, inflexible/unnatural [ái] (口语) 𫘤/呆板; … (HDZ:) 死板, 不灵活, 不自然 [bǎo] (古) 保 [mèng] cf. 𣎼/孟
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹dāi 呆 {B} s.v. ①silly; foolish; idiotic ②awkward; clumsy ③blank ◆v. stay ‖ Nǐ zài Běijīng ∼le duō jiǔ? 你在北京∼了多久? How long did you stay in Beijing?
►³ái 𫘤/呆[騃/獃] b.f. dull; obtuse; foolish; doltish ►áibǎn 𫘤板 ►chī'ái 痴𫘤 ►yú'ái 愚𫘤
The character 呆 is an old form (formerly 呆/𣎼 bǎo, see below), today mainly used for 呆 dāi ‘stupid/dull/dumb’ (痴呆), formerly wr. 獃/懛, 𫘤/騃() ái/dāi.
Note: 木 mù ‘tree/wood; wooden/thick/stupid’, 呆, 楞 (呆楞), 木头木脑 ‘wooden-headed, thick-skulled (dumb/stupid)’, 麻木 ‘numb’ (HDZ), cf. 枲().
The Shuōwén Seal form of 呆(𣎼) bǎo ‘nurture/protect’ combines 子() zǐ ‘child/offspring’, with 八() bā ‘eight’ on either side (representing ⚋ 阴 ‘female/mother’); later wr. 保(), and also 𠊻(), with 𤔍(孚) fú ‘hatch/incubate’ (phonosemantic).
Note: The forms 呆/𣎼 conflate two old characters, formerly distinguished as ⑴ 呆(𣎼) bǎo ‘nurture/protect’, vs. ⑵ 呆(𣎼孟) mèng ‘eldest son’ (cf. 伯).
Compare: 褓(緥) bǎo ‘infant/swaddling clothes’.
Compare: 包() bāo ‘fetus in the womb’; 胞() bāo ‘amniotic sac’; 𤔍(孚) fú ‘hatch/incubate’.
Compare: 槑(某), 梅(楳) méi ‘plum/prune’.
HDZ: 呆 : bǎo : (古) 保 • dāi : 痴 (cf. 痴呆), 傻 (呆头呆脑, 呆若木鸡); 停留, 居住 (cf. 待) • ái : 死板, 不灵活, 不自然 (别看他样子呆板, 心倒很灵活)
►references: Karlgren:AD697,339; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.585.11; Mathews:5986; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:181.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:048.0.10
►components: 口木
►Cantonese: daai\ ngoih\
Shuōwén: (呆)
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