嚊

Translingual

Han character

嚊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口竹山中 (RHUL), composition ⿰口鼻)

1. to pant
2. wife

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4467
• Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 696, character 17
• Unihan data for U+568A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箅	*piːds, *pids
濞	*pʰiːds, *pʰrids
畀	*pids
痹	*pids
淠	*pʰrids
嚊	*pʰrids
鼻	*blids
襣	*bids

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 嚊 – see 嗅 (“to smell; to scent”). (This character is an ancient form of 嗅).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嚊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phijH

Rime
Character	嚊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹備切
Baxter	phijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰjiH/
Li Rong	/pʰjiH/
Wang Li	/pʰiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrids/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚊
Reading #	1/1
No.	610
Phonetic component	畀
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	濞
Old Chinese	/*pʰrids/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚊

1. The sound of breathing.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		嚊

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): be⁶ / bei⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: be⁶ / bei⁶
    • Yale: beh / beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be⁶ / bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé⁶ / béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː²²/, /pei̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚊

1. (Cantonese, dated) Sentence-final particle. (clarification of this definition is needed)

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Japanese

Kanji

嚊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: はないき (hanaiki), かか (kaka), あえぎ (aegi)

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Korean

Hanja

嚊 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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