嗌

Translingual

Han character

嗌 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金廿 (RTCT), four-corner 6801₇, composition ⿰口益)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4063
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 670, character 10
• Unihan data for U+55CC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊	*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	*lig, *qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qleɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗌

1. ^† throat
2. ^† (figurative) vital communication line
3. ^† sound of flattering

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aai³
    • Yale: aai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³³/

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗌

1. ^† Ancient Qin–Jin dialect for 噎 (yē, “to choke”).
2. (Cantonese) to shout; to yell; to say something loudly

   你嗌乜呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ aai³ mat¹ aa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you yelling for?

3. (Cantonese) to shout abuse; to swear
4. (Cantonese) to order food

   嗌外賣／嗌外卖 [Cantonese]  ―  aai³ ngoi⁶ maai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to order takeaway

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Japanese

Kanji

嗌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. throat

Readings

• On (unclassified): えき (eki), やく (yaku), あく (aku), あい (ai), えい (ei)
• Kun: のど (nodo)

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Korean

Hanja

嗌 • (ik, ae, ak) (hangeul 익, 애, 악, revised ig, ae, ak, McCune–Reischauer ig, ae, ak)

1. throat

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嗌 (nhiếc, ách)

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References

• Nom Foundation