嗝

嗝 U+55DD, 嗝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55DD ← 嗜 [U+55DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗞 → [U+55DE]

Translingual

Han character

嗝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一口月 (RMRB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口鬲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4097
• Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 4
• Unihan data for U+55DD

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隔	*kreːɡ
膈	*kreːɡ
搹	*kreːɡ
鬲	*kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅	*kreːɡ
嗝	*kreːɡ
虉	*ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮	*ɡreːɡ
滆	*ɡreːɡ
蒚	*ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘	*ɡ·reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 鬲 (OC *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		嗝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé, gě (ge², ge³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄍㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Yale: gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gér
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gér
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger'l
    • Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤɻ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 嗝兒／嗝儿 格兒／格儿

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gě
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gě
    • Wade–Giles: ko³
    • Yale: gě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěr
    • Wade–Giles: ko³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee'l
    • Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤɻ²¹⁴/

Note:

• gé - “call of an animal; hiccup”;
• gě - only in the “to die” sense.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³
    • Yale: gaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: keak

Rime
Character	嗝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古核切
Baxter	keak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗝
Reading #	1/1
No.	3845
Phonetic component	鬲
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隔
Old Chinese	/*kreːɡ/

Definitions

嗝

1. ^† call of an animal (especially a bird)
2. (onomatopoeia) hiccup; burp; belch
3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to die; to croak

Compounds

• 乾嗝／干嗝
• 嗝兒／嗝儿
• 嗝吱
• 嗝嗝
• 嗝屁 (gěpì)
• 嗝症
• 嗝頓／嗝顿
• 打冷嗝
• 打嗝 (dǎgé)
• 打飽嗝／打饱嗝
• 飽嗝／饱嗝 (bǎogé)
• 飽嗝兒／饱嗝儿 (bǎogér)

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嗝
alternative forms		𠰲 urt urk ert erk

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oet⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oet⁴
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œːt̚²¹/

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

Definitions

嗝

1. (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) to burp; to belch

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		嗝

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke̍h / ke̍eh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ke̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /keʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: ke̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

嗝

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shout; to yell

   嗝嗝叫 [Hokkien]  ―  ke̍h ke̍h kiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to shout in a loud and piercing way

2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan

Synonyms

• (to shout):

• 叫喊 (jiàohǎn)
• 叫喚／叫唤 (jiàohuàn)
• 叫嚷 (jiàorǎng)
• 叫囂／叫嚣 (jiàoxiāo) (derogatory)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 吶喊／呐喊 (nàhǎn)
• 呼喊 (hūhǎn)
• 喚／唤 (huàn)
• 喧叫 (xuānjiào)
• 喊叫 (hǎnjiào)
• 喝唿 (Hokkien)
• 喊喝 (Hokkien)
• 喊嘩／喊哗 (Hokkien)
• 嘶叫 (sījiào)
• 嚷嚷 (colloquial)
• 打呵喝 (da³ o⁴ ho) (Xiang)
• 高呼 (gāohū) (to shout loudly)

 

• (to moan and groan): 叫苦 (jiàokǔ)

Japanese

Kanji

嗝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cackling of fowl
2. to gag
3. to vomit

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku); きゃく (kyaku)

Korean

Hanja

嗝 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗝: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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References

• Nom Foundation