咬

See also: 齩 and 𫜪

Translingual

Han character

咬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口卜金大 (RYCK), four-corner 6004₈, composition ⿰口交)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3543
• Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 621, character 2
• Unihan data for U+54AC

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw) : semantic 口 + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		咬
alternative forms		齩／咬

Perhaps Sino-Tibetan; compare Chepang ङेव्‍ह्‌सा (ŋewh-, “to nibble”) (Schuessler, 2007). The Min vernacular readings are reminiscent of Proto-Tai *giəwᶜ (“to chew”), whence Thai เคี้ยว (kíao) (ibid.).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 咬

1. to bite; to snap at; to gnaw

   • 一條狗咬了他的腿。 [MSC, trad.]
     一条狗咬了他的腿。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yī tiáo gǒu yǎo le tā de tuǐ. [Pinyin]

     A dog snapped at his leg.

   • 他被響尾蛇咬過。 [MSC, trad.]
     他被响尾蛇咬过。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bèi xiǎngwěishé yǎo guò. [Pinyin]

     He had been bitten by a rattlesnake.

2. to incriminate; to accuse

   • 他站在被告席上，什麼都招認，什麼人都咬。 [MSC, trad.]
     他站在被告席上，什么都招认，什么人都咬。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā zhàn zài bèigào xí shàng, shénme dōu zhāorèn, shénme rén dōu yǎo. [Pinyin]

     He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody.

3. to articulate; to pronounce

   • 這個字他咬得很准 [MSC, trad.]
     这个字他咬得很准 [MSC, simp.]

     zhè ge zì tā yǎo dé hěn zhǔn [Pinyin]

     He can pronounce this word correctly.

4. to be nitpicking on words

   • 別老咬住我那句話不放 [MSC, trad.]
     别老咬住我那句话不放 [MSC, simp.]

     bié lǎo yǎo zhù wǒ nà jù huà bù fàng [Pinyin]

     Don't keep nagging me about that remark of mine.

5. of dog, to bark
6. (neologism, slang, euphemistic) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 口交 (kǒujiāo, “oral sex; to perform oral sex on”).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		咬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kaew

Rime
Character	咬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古肴切
Baxter	kaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咬
Reading #	1/3
No.	6302
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	交
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 咬

1. Only used in 咬咬.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		咬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāo (yao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yao
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aew

Rime
Character	咬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於交切
Baxter	'aew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʔau/
Wang Li	/au/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咬
Reading #	3/3
No.	6334
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	䫜
Old Chinese	/*qreːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 咬

1. Only used in 咬哇 and 哇咬.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

咬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); ごう (gō); よう (yō)
• Kun: かむ (kamu, 咬む)

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Korean

Hanja

咬 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咬 (giảo, rao)

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