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U+55CC, 嗌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55CC

[U+55CB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+55CD]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 30 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金廿 (RTCT), four-corner 68017, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 202, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4063
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 42
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 670, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+55CC

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qreːɡs
*qreːɡs
*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
*qleɡs
*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
*ɢliɡs
*kʷliːŋ
*liɡ
*liɡ
*lig, *qleg
*qreːɡ
*qleɡ
*qleɡ
*qleɡ
*ŋɡleːɡ
*ŋɡleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qleɡ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *qleɡ).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiajk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjiek ›
Old
Chinese
/*q[i]k/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek)
English throat

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15082
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qleɡ/

Definitions

  1. throat
  2. (figuratively) vital communication line
  3. sound of flattering

Compounds

  • 嗌塞

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Ancient QinJin dialect for (, “to choke”).
  2. (Cantonese) to shout; to yell; to say something loudly
    [Cantonese]   Nei5aai3 mat1 aa3? [Jyutping]   What are you yelling for?
  3. (Cantonese) to shout abuse; to swear
  4. (Cantonese) to order food
    外賣 / 外卖 [Cantonese]   aai3 ngoi6 maai6 [Jyutping]   to order takeaway

Compounds

  • 嗌交
  • 嗌到拆天
  • 嗌嘢食
  • 嗌數嗌数
  • 嗌生嗌死
  • 嗌生晒
  • 嗌街
  • 嗌街婆
  • 嗌通街
  • 嗌霎
  • 大嗌
  • 散嗌

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. throat

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ik, ae, ak) (hangeul 익, , 악, revised ig, ae, ak, McCune-Reischauer ig, ae, ak)

  1. throat

Vietnamese

Han character

(nhiếc, ách)

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References