吸

吸 U+2F83D, 吸 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F83D ← 咞 [U+2F83C] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 呈 → [U+2F83E]

Translingual

Han character

吸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口弓竹水 (RNHE), four-corner 6704₇, composition ⿰口及)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3372
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5438

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Chinese

trad.		吸
simp. #		吸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
趿	*sqʰɯːb
鈒	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb
靸	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb
馺	*sqʰɯːb
砐	*ŋɡɯːb
魥	*ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab
扱	*skʰrɯːb
笈	*skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb
衱	*ɡrab, *kab
极	*ɡrab, *ɡab
昅	*ɡab
雭	*sqʰrɯb
急	*krɯb
級	*krɯb
汲	*krɯb
芨	*krɯb
伋	*krɯb
彶	*krɯb
及	*ɡrɯb
岌	*ŋɡrɯb
吸	*qʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰrɯb) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb) – to inhale through the mouth. Note that 及 originally derives from “grab”, hence connotations of “grab through the mouth, inhale”.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吸

1. to suck (in)

   吸塵器／吸尘器  ―  xīchénqì  ―  vacuum cleaner

2. to smoke

   吸煙／吸烟  ―  xīyān  ―  to smoke cigarettes

   吸大麻  ―  xī dàmá  ―  to smoke marijuana

3. to absorb

   吸油紙／吸油纸  ―  xīyóuzhǐ  ―  facial oil blotting paper

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

吸

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. suck
2. imbibe
3. inhale
4. sip

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)^{←きふ (kifu, historical)}
• Kun: すう (suu, 吸う, Jōyō)^{←すふ (sufu, 吸ふ, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

吸 (eumhun 마실 흡 (masil heup))

1. hanja form^? of 흡 (“to drink, suck in, to inhale, to attract”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吸: Hán Nôm readings: cộp, cạp, hấp, hớp, húp, hút

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