呃

呃 U+5443, 呃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5443 ← 呂 [U+5442] CJK Unified Ideographs 呄 → [U+5444]

Translingual

Han character

呃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸山 (RMSU), four-corner 6101₂, composition ⿰口厄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3387
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5443

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
呃	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
阸	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
厄	*qreːɡ
蚅	*qreːɡ
扼	*qreːɡ
軛	*qreːɡ
戹	*qreːɡ
豟	*qreːɡ
呝	*qreːɡ
軶	*qreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 厄 (OC *qreːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呃
alternative forms		呝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹, aak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eh / e̍rh / e̍h / èr / erh / è

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ak¹, aak¹
    • Yale: āk, āak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷, aak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹, ag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /aːk̚⁵/

Note: aak1 - literary (from 五音集韻).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eh
    • Tâi-lô: eh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eq
    • IPA (Yilan): /eʔ²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /eʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: e̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /əʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /əʔ³⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍h
    • Tâi-lô: e̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: èr
    • Tâi-lô: èr
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ə¹²/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: erh
    • Tâi-lô: erh
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: è
    • Tâi-lô: è
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ex

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呃
Reading #	2/2
No.	2708
Phonetic component	戹
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戹
Old Chinese	/*qreːɡ/
Notes	原作呝

Definitions

呃

1. to belch
2. to hiccup; to hiccough
3. um; uh; er (An interjection said when hesitating in speech)
4. (onomatopoeia) chicken call

Compounds

• 呃喔
• 呃逆 (ènì)
• 打呃 (dǎ'è)

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呃
alternative forms		眲 阨

Compare Zhuang ngaek (“to take advantage of someone”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaak¹, ngak¹, aak¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngak²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaak¹, ngak¹, aak¹
    • Yale: ngāak, ngāk, āak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaak⁷, ngak⁷, aak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngag¹, ngeg¹, ag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/, /aːk̚⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngak²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡak̚⁵⁵/

Definitions

呃

1. (Cantonese) to deceive; to fool

   • 你呃人，唔好講大話！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你呃人，唔好讲大话！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 唐英年 (Henry Tang), CE Election Debate 2012

     nei⁵ ngaak¹ jan⁴, m⁴ hou² gong² daai⁶ waa⁶! [Jyutping]

     You are deceiving others. Do not lie！

   • Penny，有人玩咗我成日，而家就好似我呃緊你咁。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     Penny，有人玩咗我成日，而家就好似我呃紧你咁。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, The Disaster (Part 1), from The Amazing World of Gumball, season 4, episode 40

     Penny, jau⁵ jan⁴ waan² zo² ngo⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶, ji⁴ gaa¹ zau⁶ hou² ci⁵ ngo⁵ aak¹ gan² nei⁵ gam³. [Jyutping]

     Penny! Someone has been messing with me all day. ^[sic] and now it looks like I'm cheating on you.

2. (Cantonese) to swindle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 騙 (“to deceive; to fool”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		騙
Mandarin	Taiwan	騙
	Harbin	騙
	Jinan	騙
	Yinchuan	騙
	Xining	騙
	Ürümqi	騙
	Guilin	騙
	Yangzhou	騙
	Malaysia	騙
	Singapore	騙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呃
	Hong Kong	呃
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	騙呃
	Macau	氹, 呃
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	呃
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	呃
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	呃
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	呃
	Foshan	呃
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	呃
	Foshan (Shunde)	氹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	呃
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	呃
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	氹, 呃
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	氹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	呃
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	呃
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	呃
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	呃
	Taishan	呃
	Kaiping (Chikan)	呃
	Enping (Niujiang)	呃
	Heshan (Yayao)	呃
	Dongguan	呃
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	呃
	Yulin	呃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	呃
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呃
Gan	Nanchang	徹
Hakka	Meixian	撮
	Yudu	騙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	騙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	騙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撮, 騙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	騙, 諞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撮, 騙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	惑
	Senai (Huiyang)	騙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	騙
Southern Min	Xiamen	諞, 術
	Quanzhou	諞, 術
	Zhangzhou	諞, 術
	Zhao'an	騙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙
	Manila (Hokkien)	騙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	騙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	騙
	Singapore (Teochew)	騙
	Wenchang	騙, 誑
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	呃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	呃
	Binyang	騙
Wu	Danyang	騙

Compounds

• 偷呃拐騙／偷呃拐骗
• 呃like
• 呃人
• 呃取
• 呃呃氹氹
• 呃呃騙騙／呃呃骗骗
• 呃神騙鬼／呃神骗鬼
• 呃秤
• 呃蝦條／呃虾条
• 呃錢／呃钱
• 呃鬼食豆腐

 

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): e (e⁵／e⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: e
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e̊
    • Wade–Giles: o⁵
    • Yale: e
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀə/

Definitions

呃

1. Used to indicate approval or shock.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		呃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai³
    • Yale: aai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'eajH

Rime
Character	呃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏界切
Baxter	'eajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨjH/
Li Rong	/ʔɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qreːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呃
Reading #	1/2
No.	2705
Phonetic component	戹
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	噫
Old Chinese	/*qreːɡs/

Definitions

呃

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Compounds

• 嗚呃／呜呃

 

References

• “呃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

呃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あく (aku); あい (ai)
• Kun: なく (naku)

Korean

Hanja

呃 (eum 애 (ae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呃: Hán Nôm readings: ách, nhách, ải

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