啃

啃 U+5543, 啃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5543 ← 啂 [U+5542] CJK Unified Ideographs 啄 → [U+5544]

Translingual

Han character

啃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜一月 (RYMB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口肯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 194, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3798
• Dae Jaweon: page 415, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 639, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5543

Chinese

trad.		啃
simp. #		啃
alternative forms		齦／龈 豤

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 肯 (OC *kʰɯːŋʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěn (ken³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang², han², kang², hang³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khie

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kên³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵khen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³
    • Yale: kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keen
    • Palladius: кэнь (kɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang², han², kang², hang³
    • Yale: háng, hán, káng, hang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang², han², kang², hang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng², hen², keng², heng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵/, /hɐn³⁵/, /kʰɐŋ³⁵/, /hɐŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kên³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɛn³¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵khen
    • MiniDict: khen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰən³⁴/

Definitions

啃

1. to gnaw; to nibble
2. (figuratively) to delve into; to study or overcome

   啃書本／啃书本  ―  kěn shūběn  ―  to delve into books

3. ^† (onomatopoeic) cough

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèn (ken⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên⁴
    • Yale: kèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kenn
    • Palladius: кэнь (kɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən⁵¹/

Definitions

啃

1. (colloquial) to eat

Japanese

Kanji

啃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)

Korean

Hanja

啃 • (sap) (hangeul 삽, revised sap, McCune–Reischauer sap)

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