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U+778C, 瞌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-778C

[U+778B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+778D]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 109, +10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山土戈廿 (BUGIT), four-corner 64017, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 814, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23570
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1228, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2505, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+778C

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𱳃 Hainanese
Hokkien

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰaːb) : semantic (eye) + phonetic (OC *ɡaːb).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • khoeh/kheh/khereh - vernacular (“to close one's eyes”);
  • khap - literary.
Note: kag4 - Chenghai.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: koi7
      • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔi⁵⁵/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5079
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːb/

Definitions[edit]

  1. sleepy
  2. (Cantonese) to doze
  3. (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) to close (one's eyes)
  4. (Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to sleep

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

  • On (unclassified): こう ()