咶

Translingual

Han character

咶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口竹十口 (RHJR), four-corner 6206₄, composition ⿰口舌)

1. to gasp for breath
2. wheeze
3. to take a breather
4. breath, smell, odor

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 187, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3558
• Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 617, character 6
• Unihan data for U+54B6

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Cantonese

Hanzi

咶 (Jyutping si6, Yale si6)

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Japanese

Kanji

咶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): くうい (kūi), け (ke), くつ (kutsu), けち (kechi), くう (kū), げ (ge), しじ (shiji)
• Kun: いき (iki), ねぶる (neburu)

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Korean

Hanja

咶 • (si, hwal) (hangeul 시, 활, revised si, hwal, McCune–Reischauer si, hwal)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

咶 (Pinyin huài (huai4), shì (shi4), Wade-Giles huai⁴, shih⁴)

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Usage notes

The huài (huai4) is used for the "to gasp for breath, wheeze, to take a breather" definitions. The shì (shi4) reading is only used for the "breath, smell, odor" definition.