峽

See also: 峡

峽 U+5CFD, 峽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CFD ← 峼 [U+5CFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 峾 → [U+5CFE]

Translingual

Japanese	峡
Simplified	峡
Traditional	峽

Han character

峽 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山大人人 (UKOO), four-corner 2473₈, composition ⿰山夾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 312, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8122
• Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5CFD

Chinese

trad.		峽
simp.		峡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːb) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 夾 (OC *kreːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶, hap⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hia̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hiab⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p / hia̍p / kiap / e̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giab⁴ / hab⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haap⁶, hap⁶
    • Yale: haahp, hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹, hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶, heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hiap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hap
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiap̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍h
    • Tâi-lô: e̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• ha̍p/hia̍p - literary;
• kiap/e̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: giab⁴ / hab⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiap / ha̍p
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiap̚²/, /hap̚⁴/

Note: hab8 - used in 峽山 (“a town in Shantou”).

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• Middle Chinese: heap

Rime
Character	峽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	侯夾切
Baxter	heap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kˤ<r>ep/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	峽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiá
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛp ›
Old Chinese	/*N-kˁ<r>ep/
English	mountain pass (not in GSR)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峽
Reading #	1/1
No.	5897
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	洽
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːb/

Definitions

峽

1. gorge

Compounds

• 三峽／三峡
• 三門峽／三门峡 (Sānménxiá)
• 地峽／地峡 (dìxiá)
• 峽口／峡口 (Xiákǒu)
• 峽谷／峡谷 (xiágǔ)
• 巫峽／巫峡 (Wūxiá)
• 水峽口／水峡口 (Shuǐxiákǒu)
• 海峽／海峡 (hǎixiá)
• 漁峽口／渔峡口 (Yúxiákǒu)
• 瓦石峽／瓦石峡 (Wǎshíxiá)
• 瞿塘峽／瞿塘峡
• 虎跳峽／虎跳峡 (Hǔtiàoxiá)
• 西峽／西峡 (Xīxiá)
• 西陵峽／西陵峡 (Xīlíngxiá)
• 青銅峽／青铜峡 (Qīngtóngxiá, “Qingtongxia”)
• 鮑峽／鲍峡 (Bàoxiá)

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	峡
Kyūjitai	峽

Kanji

峽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 峡)

1. gorge
2. strait
3. ravine
4. isthmus

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げふ (gefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kun: はざま (hazama, 峽)

Korean

Hanja

峽 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

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Vietnamese

Han character

峽: Hán Nôm readings: hiệp, hệp, siệp

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