害

害 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十手十口 (JQJR) or 十手一口 (JQMR), four-corner 3060₁, composition ⿳宀丰口)

• 嗐 搳 㮫 犗 瞎 磍 縖(𬘻) 螛 轄(辖) 鎋(𬭪) 割 㪡 㲅 豁 鶷 㝬
• 𡟲 𢞐 𥎆 𦎱 𦟈 𦧮 𧜅 𧯆 𩝛 𩡔 𩥌 𩪃 𪙏(𫜯) 𦤬 𠢆 𢻜 𣣶 𨝃 𩏓 𡮞 𡫲 𡫴 𥰶 𦵯 𩮝 𢞩
• 𬣁 𰃫 𫳶 𫴓 𭔛 𭔠

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7165
• Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 929, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5BB3

Historical forms of the character 害
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Multiple theories:

• He Linyi (何琳儀): Ideogram (指事) : a spear 𫲸 (now 𥎆) + a distinguishing mark 口.[1][2]
• Li Xueqin (2012): Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) . The phonetic component is 𡩜 (xiàn).[3]
• Guo Moruo (郭沫若),[1] Dai Jiaxiang (戴家祥)[2]: Pictogram (象形) , ancient form of 蓋 ("lid; cover").
• Gao Hongying (高鴻纓): Jiajie (假借) , original character of 桷, borrowed for sound, which was a pictogram (象形) of a house's rafters (see 舍).[1]
• Chen Bingxin (陳秉新): Original form of 𠤳, written as ⿷𠥓⿴害五 in bronze inscriptions, which itself is an ancient way of writing the 胡 in 胡簋.[1][2]
• Shuowen Jiezi: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːds) : semantic 宀 + semantic 口 + phonetic 丯 (OC *kreːds).

Cognate with 割 (OC *kaːd, “to cut”). See there for more.

害

1. to harm; to maim; to injure

   • 銅生鉎，害自身。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
     铜生𰽫，害自身。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

     Dè̤ng săng cĭng, hâi cê̤ṳ-sĭng. / [tøyŋ⁵³ saŋ⁵⁵ t͡siŋ⁵⁵ hɑi²⁴² t͡sy²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

     Harm oneself (just like copper rusting).

2. to cause to do; to result in (something unfavourable)

   • 航班晚點了，害我多等了兩個小時。 [MSC, trad.]
     航班晚点了，害我多等了两个小时。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hángbān wǎndiǎn le, hài wǒ duō děng le liǎng ge xiǎoshí. [Pinyin]

     The flight was delayed, causing me to wait for another two hours.

3. to kill; to murder
4. to suffer from
5. to feel (an adverse sentiment)
6. harm; disaster; calamity
7. crucial point; vital point
8. harmful; injurious
9. (Southern Min) broken

• 益 (yì, “benefit”)
• 利 (lì, “benefit”)

害

1. ^† Alternative form of 曷 (hé, “why”)

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. (そこなう) damage, harm, injure
2. (あやめる) kill
3. (わざわい) disaster

• Go-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: そこなう (sokonau, 害なう)^{←そこなふ (sokonafu, 害なふ, historical)}; あやめる (ayameru, 害める); わざわい (wazawai, 害い)^{←わざはひ (wazafafi, 害ひ, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 害 (haj^H, “injury”).

• (Tokyo) が​い [gáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠i]

害(がい) • (gai) 

1. injury, harm, damage

• 益(えき) (eki, “benefit”)
• 利(り) (ri, “benefit”)

害 (eumhun 해칠 해 (haechil hae))

1. Hanja form^? of 해 (“harm”).

• 해충 (害蟲, haechung, “insect pest”)

害: Hán Nôm readings: hại

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