咂

Translingual

Han character

咂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口尸中月 (RSLB), four-corner 6101₂, composition ⿰口匝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 184, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3478
• Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5482

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		咂
alternative forms		𠯗 𠴴 𠶴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
帀	*ʔsuːb
沞	*ʔsuːb
魳	*ʔsuːb
迊	*ʔsuːb
匝	*ʔsuːb
咂	*ʔsuːb
韴	*zuːb
砸	*zaːd

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “onomatopoeic? = 噆? *m-ts(y)(u/i)p SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zā (za¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: za
    • Wade–Giles: tsa¹
    • Yale: dzā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tza
    • Palladius: цза (cza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaap³
    • Yale: jaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsop

Rime
Character	咂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子荅切
Baxter	tsop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səp̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡săp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	za
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咂
Reading #	1/1
No.	16481
Phonetic component	帀
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːb/
Notes	右原從帀

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 咂

1. to suck; to sip
2. to click one's tongue (in admiration, praise, surprise, regret, etc.)
3. to taste; to savour

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sap¹
    • Yale: sāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 咂

1. (Cantonese, obsolete) to cheat; to trick; to coax; to wheedle

References

• “咂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

咂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)
• Kun: すう (suu)

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Korean

Hanja

咂 • (jap) (hangeul 잡, revised jap, McCune–Reischauer chap)

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