嚙

See also: 齧, 噛, and 啮

嚙 U+5699, 嚙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5699 ← 嚘 [U+5698] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚚 → [U+569A]

Translingual

Traditional	齧/嚙/囓
Shinjitai (extended)	噛∣𪘂
Simplified	啮

Han character

嚙 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口卜一山 (RYMU), four-corner 6107₂, composition ⿰口齒)

Related characters

• 齧 (Orthodox traditional form of 嚙) and 囓 (Variant traditional form of 齧)
• 噛 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 啮 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4516
• Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 699, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5699

Usage notes

Note that in traditional Chinese, 嚙 is considered as a variant form of 齧 (same in meaning and usage but different in appearance) whereas in Japanese, 嚙 (shinjitai form: 噛) and 齧 (shinjitai form: 𪘂) are used differently in their compound words.

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 嚙 – see 齧 (“to bite; to gnaw; to erode; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 齧).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	噛
Kyūjitai	嚙

Kanji

嚙

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 噛)

1. Kyūjitai form of 噛 (to bite; to chew; to gnaw)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ごう (gō)
• Kun: かじる (kajiru, 嚙る)、かむ (kamu, 嚙む)

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Korean

Hanja

嚙 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚙: Hán Nôm readings: rỉ

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