尬

Translingual

Han character

尬 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大山人中中 (KUOLL), four-corner 4801₂, composition ⿺尢介)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7560
• Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 553, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5C2C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		尬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妎	*ɡaːds, *ɡeːds
芥	*kreːds
尬	*kreːds
界	*kreːds
介	*kreːds
疥	*kreːds
玠	*kreːds
砎	*kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd
魪	*kreːds
价	*kreːds
衸	*kreːds, *ɡreːds
齘	*ɡreːds
骱	*ɡaːd, *kreːd
扴	*kreːd
圿	*kreːd
忦	*kreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːds) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 介 (OC *kreːds).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gà, jiè (ga⁴, jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gà
    • Wade–Giles: ka⁴
    • Yale: gà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaai³
    • Yale: gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
    • Tâi-lô: kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: keajH

Rime
Character	尬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古拜切
Baxter	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/kɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尬
Reading #	1/1
No.	6523
Phonetic component	介
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːds/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 尬

1. Used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà).
2. (neologism, Mainland China, slang) Short for 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà). [since 2010s]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Min Nan 較／较.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gà (ga⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gà
    • Wade–Giles: ka⁴
    • Yale: gà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 尬

1. (neologism) to compete

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Japanese

Kanji

尬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai), かつ (katsu), けち (kechi)
• Kun: あしなえ (ashinae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 尬 (giới)

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