歔

歔 U+6B54, 歔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B54 ← 歓 [U+6B53] CJK Unified Ideographs 歕 → [U+6B55]

歔 U+2F8F1, 歔 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8F1 ← 𣢧 [U+2F8F0] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㱎 → [U+2F8F2]

Translingual

Han character

歔 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+12 in traditional Chinese, 欠+11 in simplified Chinese, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese, 15 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 卜金弓人 (YCNO) or 卜一弓人 (YMNO), four-corner 2728₂, composition ⿰虚欠(G) or ⿰虛欠(TJKV))

1. blow through nose, snort

Derived characters

• 𡃧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 572, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16198
• Dae Jaweon: page 960, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2150, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6B54

• Unihan data for U+2F8F1

Chinese

trad.		歔
simp. #		歔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi¹
    • Yale: hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjo

Rime
Character	歔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	朽居切
Baxter	xjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨə̆/
Li Rong	/xiɔ/
Wang Li	/xĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5272
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	虚
Old Chinese	/*qʰa/

Definitions

歔

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Compounds

• 欷歔 (xīxū)
• 歔欷

Japanese

Kanji

歔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
• Kun: すすりなく (susurinaku)

Korean

Hanja

歔 (eum 허 (heo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

歔: Hán Nôm readings: hư

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References

• Nom Foundation