呫

See also: 맘

呫 U+546B, 呫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-546B ← 呪 [U+546A] CJK Unified Ideographs 呬 → [U+546C]

Translingual

Han character

呫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口卜口 (RYR), four-corner 6106₀, composition ⿰口占)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 182, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3446
• Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 15
• Unihan data for U+546B

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呫
alternative forms		喢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chè (che⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴
    • Yale: chè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
    • Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

呫

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to whisper
2. used in 呫呫

Compounds

• 呫呫
• 呫嚅
• 呫囁 / 呫嗫

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiè (tie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh⁴
    • Yale: tyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieh
    • Palladius: те (te)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tip³
    • Yale: tip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: thep

Rime
Character	呫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他協切
Baxter	thep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛp̚/
Li Rong	/tʰep̚/
Wang Li	/tʰiep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呫
Reading #	1/1
No.	16745
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	怗
Old Chinese	/*tʰeːb/

Definitions

呫

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to taste

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zim¹
    • Yale: jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Definitions

呫

1. only used in 呫噸 / 呫吨 (zhāndūn)

Japanese

Kanji

呫

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. whisper
2. lick
3. taste
4. petty

Readings

• On (unclassified): てふ (tefu)、せふ (sefu)、てん (ten)
• Kun: なめる (nameru)、ささやく (sasayaku)、しゃべる (shaberu)

Korean

Hanja

呫 (eum 첩 (cheop))

1. whisper, murmur
2. chatter
3. taste

Vietnamese

Han character

呫: Hán Việt readings: chiêm, chiếp, thiếp
呫: Nôm readings: chím, chòm, xúm, giụm, nhóm, chỉm, chễm, chõm, dụm, chiễm, giúm, xum, chem, chém, chởm, xem, chúm, chùm, chụm, xóm

1. chữ Nôm form of chòm (“cluster; bunch; bundle”)
2. chữ Nôm form of chởm (“used in lởm chởm (“jagged; (of a surface) uneven; bumpy”)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of xem (“to see; to look at; to watch”)