呆
foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待[dai1]
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,804 U+5446
How 呆 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
One with wooden 木 speech 口
How to remember it
dim-witted · Heisig RSH #209
木 tree + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 呆 as their sound component
These characters all use 呆 (dāi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呆 sound component | dāi | dull, simple, stupid |
| 保 | bǎo | to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for |
Words containing 呆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呆会儿 | dāi huì r | variant of 待會兒|待会儿[dai1 hui4 r5] |
| 书呆子 | shū dāi zi | bookworm; pedant; bookish fool |
| 天然呆 | tiān rán dāi | (loanword from Japanese "tennen boke") space cadet; muddleheaded |
| 老年性痴呆症 | lǎo nián xìng chī dāi zhèng | senile dementia |
| 呆若木鸡 | dāi ruò mù jī | lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck |
| 老年痴呆症 | lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng | senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease |
| 呆子 | dāi zi | fool; sucker |
| 发呆 | fā dāi | to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought |
| 早老性痴呆 | zǎo lǎo xìng chī dāi | (coll.) Alzheimer's disease |
| 呆头呆脑 | dāi tóu dāi nǎo | oafish; dull-witted |
| 老年痴呆 | lǎo nián chī dāi | senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease |
| 呆板 | dāi bǎn | stiff; inflexible; also pr. [ai2 ban3] |
| 目光呆滞 | mù guāng dāi zhì | to have a lifeless look in one's eyes (idiom) |
| 呆根 | dāi gēn | (literary) idiot |
| 防呆 | fáng dāi | (manufacturing) poka-yoke; mistake-proofing |
| 看呆 | kàn dāi | to gape at; to stare blankly; to stare in rapture; to stare in awe |
| 呆住 | dāi zhù | to be dumbfounded; to be astonished |
| 矮呆病 | ǎi dāi bìng | cretinism |
| 惊呆 | jīng dāi | stupefied; stunned |
| 呆站 | dāi zhàn | to stand idly |