呷

See also: 呻

Translingual

Han character

呷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口田中 (RWL), four-corner 6605₀, composition ⿰口甲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3461
• Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 600, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5477

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːb) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiā, xiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haap³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hap¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷haq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sia
    • Wade–Giles: hsia¹
    • Yale: syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haap³
    • Yale: haap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hap¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hap̚³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷haq
    • MiniDict: hah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴haq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /haʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaep

Rime
Character	呷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	狎 (150)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼甲切
Baxter	xaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨp̚/
Li Rong	/xap̚/
Wang Li	/xap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呷
Reading #	1/1
No.	5937
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	呷
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːb/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呷

1. to sip; to suck; to drink

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喝 (“to drink”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		飲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喝
Mandarin	Beijing	喝
	Taiwan	喝
	Harbin	喝
	Yantai (Muping)	喝
	Jinan	喝
	Luoyang	喝
	Wanrong	喝
	Xi'an	喝
	Yinchuan	喝
	Lanzhou	喝
	Xining	喝
	Ürümqi	喝
	Wuhan	喝, 呵, 汩
	Chengdu	吃, 喝
	Guiyang	吃, 喝, 汩
	Guilin	喝
	Liuzhou	吃, 喝
	Xuzhou	喝, 吃
	Yangzhou	吃, 喝
	Nanjing	吃, 喝
	Hefei	喝
	Malaysia	喝
	Singapore	喝
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	喝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲, 呷
	Hong Kong	飲, 呷
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	飲
	Macau	飲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飲
	Foshan	飲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飲
	Foshan (Shunde)	飲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飲
	Taishan	飲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飲
	Enping (Niujiang)	飲
	Heshan (Yayao)	飲
	Dongguan	飲, 食1, 呷
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	飲
	Yangjiang	呷, 吃
	Wuzhou	飲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	吃
	Hepu (Shatian)	飲
	Qinzhou	飲
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	飲
	Beihai	食1
	Beihai (Nankang)	飲
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	飲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飲, 食1
	Danzhou	吃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飲
	Penang (Guangfu)	飲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飲
	Móng Cái	飲
Gan	Nanchang	吃
	Lichuan	吃
	Pingxiang	吃
Hakka	Meixian	食1, 啉, 飲, 啜
	Xingning	食1
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飲
	Huiyang	食1
	Huidong (Daling)	食1
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	食1
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	食1
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	食1, 飲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	食1
	Wuhua (Meilin)	食1
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	食1
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	食1
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	食1
	Conghua (Lütian)	飲
	Jiexi	食1
	Changting	食1
	Wuping	食1
	Wuping (Pingyu)	食1
	Liancheng	食1
	Ninghua	食1
	Yudu	食1
	Ruijin	食1
	Shicheng	食1
	Shangyou (Shexi)	食1
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食1, 啉, 飲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食1, 啉, 飲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食1, 啉, 飲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食1, 啉, 飲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食1, 啉, 飲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	啉, 食1
	Hong Kong	食1
	Luchuan	食1
	Kuching (Hepo)	食1, 飲, 啉
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	食1
Huizhou	Jixi	吃
Jin	Taiyuan	喝
	Xinzhou	喝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	啜, 饁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	啜, 食3
	Singapore (Fuqing)	食3
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	食3
Southern Min	Xiamen	啉, 食3, 哈 alcohol, 啜 usually soup
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	啉
	Quanzhou	啉, 食3, 哈 alcohol, 啜 usually soup
	Jinjiang	啉
	Zhangzhou	啉, 食3, 啜 usually soup
	Zhao'an	食3, 啉
	Taipei	啉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啉
	Kaohsiung	啉
	Yilan	啉, 哈, 食3
	Changhua (Lukang)	啉
	Taichung	啉
	Tainan	啉, 哈, 食3, 灌
	Hsinchu	啉, 哈
	Kinmen	啉
	Penghu (Magong)	食3, 啉
	Penang (Hokkien)	啉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啉
	Manila (Hokkien)	啉
	Medan (Hokkien)	啉
	Chaozhou	食3, 啉
	Shantou	食3, 啉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	食3, 啉
	Jieyang	食3, 啉
	Haifeng	食3
	Singapore (Teochew)	食3
	Batam (Teochew)	食3
	Pontianak (Teochew)	食3, 啉
	Leizhou	啜, 食3
	Wenchang	啜, 食3
	Haikou	啜, 食3
	Qionghai	啜, 食3
	Singapore (Hainanese)	食3, 啜
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	飲
	Sanxiang	飲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飲, 吃, 呷
Wu	Shanghai	吃, 呷, 呼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吃
	Suzhou	吃, 呷, 呼
	Danyang	吃
	Hangzhou	吃
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	吃
	Ningbo	吃
	Wenzhou	呷, 吃
	Jinhua	吃, 呷
Xiang	Changsha	吃
	Loudi	吃
	Shuangfeng	吃, 呵

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gā, xiá, yā (ga¹, xia², ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ, ㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ga
    • Wade–Giles: ka¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呷

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 嘎 (gā, “to quack (like a duck)”).

   呷呷叫  ―  gāgā jiào  ―  to quack (like a duck)

2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 嘎 (gā, “to laugh”).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呷

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siaʔ⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呷

1. (chiefly Southern Min) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 食 (“to eat; to drink; to take in”).

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Japanese

Kanji

呷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: あおる (aoru, 呷る); すう (suu, 呷う)

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Korean

Hanja

呷 • (hap) (hangeul 합)

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