𠯑

See also: 昏, 舌, and 話

𠯑 U+20BD1, 𠯑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20BD1 ← 𠯐 [U+20BD0] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠯒 → [U+20BD2]

Translingual

Han character

𠯑 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, composition ⿱氏口)

Derived characters

• 𠈲 𠳂 𡜶 𢬸 𤞳 𣴠 𨓈 桰 𥙱 𥆠 𦕾 𥞸 𧋣 䛡 銽 𩩎 𪘢 䯺 𠜜 𩒲 𪁝 𦯚 𨶖 𣿛 𬇎 𬦐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 592, character 10
• Unihan data for U+20BD1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𠯑
alternative forms		𤯁 舌 𠮮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guā (gua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gua
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaet

Rime
Character	𠯑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (72)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	下刮切
Baxter	hwaet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuat̚/
Wang Li	/ɣwat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	𠯑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guā
Middle Chinese	‹ kwat ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁat/ (Shuōwén; no pre-Qín exx.)
English	shut the mouth
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	𠯑
Reading #	1/1
No.	7563
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	頢
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːd/
Notes	說文氏下口隸變， 從口氒省聲

Definitions

𠯑

1. (obsolete) to block the mouth