脅

See also: 胁

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 脇

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 劦 + semantic 肉

Han character

脅 (radical 130 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大尸大尸月 (KSKSB), four-corner 4022₇, composition ⿱劦月)

1. ribs
2. armpits
3. flank
4. threaten

References

• KangXi: page 982, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29466
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2073, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8105

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Chinese

		-
trad.		脅
simp.		胁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsieh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hip³
    • Yale: hip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (脅, reconstructed)
Character (脅), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 嚴 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 許欠切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɨɐmH/	/xi̯ɐmH/	/xiɐmH/	/hiɐmH/	/hɨamH/	/xĭɐmH/	/xiɐmH/
Character (脅), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 業 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 虚業切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɨɐp̚/	/xi̯ɐp̚/	/xiap̚/	/hiɐp̚/	/hɨap̚/	/xĭɐp̚/	/xiɐp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (脅, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
脅								xié								‹ xjæp ›								/*qʰ<r>ep/								flank, side of the body
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
脅					13779					劦					談					1					脅					/*hlams/
脅					13783					劦					盍					1					脅					/*hlab/

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Japanese

Kanji

脅

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: おびやかす (obiyakasu), おどす (odosu), おどかす (odokasu)

Compounds

脅威 (きょうい, kyōi)

脅喝 (きょうかつ, kyōkatsu)

脅迫 (きょうはく, kyōhaku)

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Korean

Hanja

脅 (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp, Yale hyep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

脅 (hiếp)

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