嘬

嘬 U+562C, 嘬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-562C ← 嘫 [U+562B] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘭 → [U+562D]

Translingual

Han character

嘬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口日尸水 (RASE), four-corner 6604₇, composition ⿰口最)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4238
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 19
• Unihan data for U+562C

Chinese

trad.		嘬
simp. #		嘬
alternative forms		𠻕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陬	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫	*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫	*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆	*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚	*zloʔ, *zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuài (chuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuai⁴
    • Yale: chwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuay
    • Palladius: чуай (čuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caai³
    • Yale: chaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhwaejH

Rime
Character	嘬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚夬切
Baxter	tsrhwaejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠuaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰuaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰwaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰuaiH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰwæiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰwaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ](ˤ)ro[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嘬	嘬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuài	chuài
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhwæjH ›	‹ tsrhwɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ](ˁ)ro[t]-s/	/*[tsʰ](ˁ)ro[t]-s/
English	bite, eat	bite, eat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘬
Reading #	1/1
No.	10648
Phonetic component	取
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	嘬
Old Chinese	/*sʰroːds/

Definitions

嘬

1. to bite; to eat; to devour

Compounds

• 嘬嘬
• 嘬嚃
• 嘬炙

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuō (zuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuo
    • Wade–Giles: tso¹
    • Yale: dzwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuo
    • Palladius: цзо (czo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyut³
    • Yale: jyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚³/

Definitions

嘬

1. to suck

Compounds

• 嘬嘴

 

Japanese

Kanji

嘬

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to lap
2. to suck

Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)、せ (se)、せい (sei)
• Kun: かむ (kamu)、むさぼる (musaboru)

Korean

Hanja

嘬 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe)

1. to lap
2. to suck

Vietnamese

Han character

嘬: Hán Nôm readings: chối, tòi, đạm, ngoạm, toát

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References

• Nom Foundation