叽

See also: 嘰, 叫, 䶷, and 𠮾

叽 U+53FD, 叽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53FD ← 叼 [U+53FC] CJK Unified Ideographs 叾 → [U+53FE]

Translingual

Han character

叽 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口竹弓 (RHN) or 口竹山 (RHU), four-corner 6701₀, composition ⿰口几)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 173, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 572, character 4
• Unihan data for U+53FD

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		叽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiao⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җё (ži͡o, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu³

• Gan (Wiktionary): jieu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kieu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): jiau³
• Northern Min (KCR): giău
• Eastern Min (BUC): giú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiò / kiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giê³ / gio³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ciau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jiao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiau²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җё (ži͡o, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɔː⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: giu³
    • Yale: giu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛu³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kieu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kiau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jiau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò / kiàu
    • Tâi-lô: kiò / kiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioix, kiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kio²¹/, /kiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/, /kiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio²¹/, /kiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kio¹¹/, /kiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²¹/, /kiau²¹/

Note:

• kiò - vernacular;
• kiàu - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: giê³ / gio³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiè / kiò
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie²¹³/, /kio²¹³/

Note: giê3 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ciau
    • MiniDict: ciau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/

1. (rare) to call
2. (rare) to cry out

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 叽 – see 叫 (“to be called; to call; to name; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 叫).

Etymology 3

Glyph origin

Simplified from 嘰 (幾 → 几).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叽 – see 嘰 (“to eat a little; to sigh; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 嘰).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Vietnamese

Han character

叽: Nôm readings: kể, kẽ

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