隘

Information about character(s)

Radical: 阜
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ài, è
Cantonese: aai3
JapaneseKun: SEMAI
JapaneseOn: AI YAKU
Korean: AY AYK
Vietnamese: ải

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: narrow, confined; a strategic pass

CE-Dict: pass/defile/narrow/confined/in distress

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.narrow
2.a pass

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: narrow; pass

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: narrow; pass

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【阜字部】隘
【唐韻】【集韻】【正韻】烏懈切【韻會】幺解切，𠀤音䅬。【左傳·僖二十二年】古之爲軍也，不以阻隘也。【戰國策】塞黽隘。　又【說文】𨹟也。【玉篇】急也，陝也。【詩·大雅】誕置之隘巷。【禮·禮器】君子以爲隘矣。【戰國策】人之急也，若自在隘窘之中。【荀子·王霸篇】生民則致貧隘。　又【正韻】乙革切。與阨阸𠀤同。【戰國策】太子辭於齊王而歸，齊王隘之。【又】寡人之所以閉關不通使者，爲中山之獨與燕趙爲王，而寡人不與聞焉，是以隘之。【註】隘，亦不通也。讀作阨。　又叶於旣切，衣去聲。【謝莊·宋孝武帝文】芝蓋迫軨，上驤眷轡。萬㝢肅其北𨌹，靈阿具其深隘。　又叶伊昔切，音益。【屈原·離騷】惟黨人之偸樂兮，路幽昧以險隘。豈余身之憚殃兮，恐皇輿之敗績。　【說文】籀作𨽴。【玉篇】本作阸。【集韻】或作阨。【篇海】一作𨽈。

CF-Dict: étroit/défilé/passage difficile/confiné/en détresse