<p>As a native speaker, I have to admit that this is the first time that I see these two characters.</p>
<p>By the help of dictionaries, I found that together 靉靆 means very cloudy so that it's dark. A new meaning appeared in the Ming Dynasty to mean glasses.</p>
<p>靉靆 is a 叠韵连绵词. Not sure how to translate the term, but it means a word that is made of two characters (syllables) which have the same vowel; it has only one morpheme. That is each character alone cannot be used to express a meaning; they have to be used together.</p>

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2021-10-05T04:28:14.113Z
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lilysirius
<p>宋本廣韻:《廣韻·去聲·代·代》靆：靉靆雲狀。</p>
<p>康熙字典: 《玉篇》靆: 不明貌。《正韻》蕩亥切，音駘。義同。</p>
<p>《游宦紀聞》：汲泉滿池，粲粲相輝，半月止墨，玄雲（黑炎）&quot;靆&quot;而下，古人制作之精如此。</p>
<p>I can't explain/translate the sentence though :)</p>
<p><a href="https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&amp;char=%E9%9D%86" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&amp;char=%E9%9D%86</a></p>

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2021-10-06T03:14:04.453Z
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r13
<p>Same question with 靉. I know together they make a literary translation of 'dark' in the context of clouds.</p>

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2021-10-05T00:31:16.797Z
I am sure neither is used in modern Chinese. Similarly, 黷 in 窮兵黷武 means "wantonly" But is not used independently as a meaningful character in day-to-day writing.
Tang Ho
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Does 靆 mean anything on its own (not followed by 靉)?
# Does 靆 mean anything on its own (not followed by 靉)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-04)

Same question with 靉. I know together they make a literary translation of 'dark' in the context of clouds.

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> **username_1**: I am sure neither is used in modern Chinese. Similarly, 黷 in 窮兵黷武 means "wantonly" But is not used independently as a meaningful character in day-to-day writing.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-10-05. Score: 1

As a native speaker, I have to admit that this is the first time that I see these two characters.

By the help of dictionaries, I found that together 靉靆 means very cloudy so that it's dark. A new meaning appeared in the Ming Dynasty to mean glasses.

靉靆 is a 叠韵连绵词. Not sure how to translate the term, but it means a word that is made of two characters (syllables) which have the same vowel; it has only one morpheme. That is each character alone cannot be used to express a meaning; they have to be used together.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-10-06. Score: 0

宋本廣韻:《廣韻·去聲·代·代》靆：靉靆雲狀。

康熙字典: 《玉篇》靆: 不明貌。《正韻》蕩亥切，音駘。義同。

《游宦紀聞》：汲泉滿池，粲粲相輝，半月止墨，玄雲（黑炎）"靆"而下，古人制作之精如此。

I can't explain/translate the sentence though :)

<https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&char=%E9%9D%86>


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