啀

Translingual

Han character

啀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土 (RMGG) or 難口一土土 (XRMGG), four-corner 6101₄, composition ⿰口厓)

1. gnaw

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 194, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3789
• Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 638, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5540

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		啀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ái (ai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ái
    • Wade–Giles: ai²
    • Yale: ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁴
    • Yale: ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngea

Rime
Character	啀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五佳切
Baxter	ngea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋæi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨj/
Li Rong	/ŋɛ/
Wang Li	/ŋai/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋai/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋreː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	啀
Reading #	1/1
No.	4537
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	崖
Old Chinese	/*ŋreː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 啀

1. to gnaw
2. (Cantonese) to shout, yell, scold

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Japanese

Kanji

啀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: いがむ (igamu, 啀む)

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Korean

Hanja

啀 • (ae) (hangeul 애)

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