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矮
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short of stature

HSK 4
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ǎi
ワイ、アイ
ひく.い
왜
Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.
Components
矢 dart+ 委 committee =
矮 short of stature
矢 Meaning component
shǐ dart
arrow, dart
委 Phonetic component
wěi committee
appoint, send, commission
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Notes
Similar Characters
侯 marquis医 physician (jp)寅 sign of the tiger彘 swine族 tribe矦 target疾 rapid知 know矧 much雉 crenellated矣 particle of completed矫 rectify (simp)矬 a dwarf短 short矯 rectify (trad/jp)倭 dwarf痿 impotence萎 wilt諉 pass (trad)诿 pass buck (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
矮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
矮 [ǎi]
low; short (in length)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (50)
矮子 [ǎi​zi] #9,075
short person
矮小 [ǎi​xiǎo] #17,755
short and small
矮人 [ǎi​rén] #21,897
dwarf
矮胖 [ǎi​pàng] #24,333
short and stout
低矮 [dī​'ǎi] #63,324
short
高矮 [gāo​'ǎi] #40,357
height (i.e. whether short or tall)
矮化 [ǎi​huà] #44,420
to dwarf
白矮星 [bái​'ǎi​xīng] #45,142
white dwarf
矮个儿 [ǎi​gè​r] #51,802
a person of short stature
矮个儿 [ǎi​gè​r] #51,802
a person of short stature
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
矮小 [わいしょう] #24,116
diminutive
矮躯 [わいく] #62,832
small stature
矮小化 [わいしょうか] #83,721
reduction (in size)
矮人 [わいじん] #113,100
dwarf
矮樹 [わいじゅ] #188,210
low or short tree
白色矮星 [はくしょくわいせい] #188,266
white dwarf
矮鶏 [チャボ] #203,732
(Japanese) bantam
矮星 [わいせい] #206,196
dwarf star
赤色矮星 [せきしょくわいせい] #207,579
red dwarf
矮惑星 [わいわくせい] #249,496
dwarf planet
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
왜소화
shrinking