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U+54A6, 咦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A6

[U+54A5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54A7]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口大弓 (RKN), four-corner 65032, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3535
  • Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+54A6

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms sense 2

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *hril) : semantic + phonetic (OC *lil).

Pronunciation 1

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Definitions

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  1. An interjection used to express confusion. huh?
    鑰匙 [MSC, trad.]
    钥匙 [MSC, simp.]
    , wǒ de yàoshi ne? [Pinyin]
    Huh? Where is my key?
    怎麼這兒 [MSC, trad.]
    怎么这儿 [MSC, simp.]
    , tā zěnme zài zhèr? [Pinyin]
    Uh, why is he here?
  2. (Cantonese) Expression of disgust. ew
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    《說文》:南陽謂大呼曰咦。

Usage notes

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  • The first sense expresses a relatively neutral feeling.
  • For the first sense, the vowel is short; for the second sense, the vowel is longer.

Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter xjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hi/
Shao
Rongfen
/xjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hi/
Li
Rong
/xi/
Wang
Li
/xi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hei1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14861
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hril/

Definitions

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  1. smiling

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): (i) (ki)たい (tai)だい (dai)
  • Kun: といき (toiki)

Korean

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Hanja

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(i, jae) (hangeul , , revised i, jae, McCune–Reischauer i, chae)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: , di, ri

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References

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