嗄

嗄 U+55C4, 嗄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C4 ← 嗃 [U+55C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗅 → [U+55C5]

Translingual

Han character

嗄 (radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一山水 (RMUE), four-corner 6104₇, composition ⿰口夏)

References

• KangXi: page 201, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4047
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 9
• Unihan data for U+55C4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
榎	*kraːʔ
廈	*sraːs, *ɡraːʔ
嗄	*sqʰraːs, *qraːds
夏	*ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰraːs, *qraːds): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 夏 (OC *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shà (sha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: sha4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa³
    • Yale: sa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /säː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠa^H/, /ʔˠai^H/

Rime
Character	嗄	嗄
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	所嫁切	於犗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠaH/	/ʔˠaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaH/	/ʔᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaH/	/ʔaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨH/	/ʔaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/ʃaH/	/ʔaiH/
Wang Li	/ʃaH/	/æiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂaH/	/ʔaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shà	yè

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰraːs/, /*qraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗄	嗄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13451	13455
Phonetic component	夏	夏
Rime group	魚	祭
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	嗄	喝
Old Chinese	/*sqʰraːs/	/*qraːds/
Notes	見莊子	見莊子

Definitions

嗄

1. hoarse

Compounds

• 嘻嘻嗄嗄

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): á (a²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: á
    • Zhuyin: ㄚˊ
    • Wade–Giles: a2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ar
    • Tongyong Pinyin: á
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa²
    • Yale: á
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: a²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /äː³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

嗄

1. Alternative form of 啊 (á), an interjection.

Compounds

• 嘻嘻嗄嗄

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): a (a⁵)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: a
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: a5
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .a
    • Tongyong Pinyin: å
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä/

Definitions

嗄

1. sentence-final particle and interjection expressing surprise

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹/

Definitions

嗄

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 嗄程

• 嗄飯／嗄饭

Pronunciation 5

• Min Dong (BUC): hák

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑʔ²⁴/

Definitions

嗄

1. (Min Dong) hoarse

Compounds

• 嗄嗄聲／嗄嗄声

Pronunciation 6

• Min Nan (POJ): sà

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sà
    • Tâi-lô: sà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sax
    • IPA (Taipei): /sa¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa²¹/

Definitions

嗄

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to gorge; to wolf down

Compounds

• 霧嗄嗄／雾嗄嗄 (bū-sà-sà) (Min Nan)

References

• “嗄”, 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–
• “Entry #9330”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

嗄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa)
• Kun: かれる (kareru)

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Korean

Hanja

嗄 • (sa, ae) (hangeul 사, 애, revised sa, ae, McCune–Reischauer sa, ae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗄: Hán Việt readings: hạ

1. Hán tự form of hạ (“hoarse”).

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Zhuang

Verb

嗄

1. Alternative form of 𬮤 (“Sawndip form of haep”)

References

• 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters], Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN, page 238