啃

啃

啃 U+5543, 啃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5543 ← 啂 [U+5542] CJK Unified Ideographs 啄 → [U+5544]

Translingual

Han character

啃 (radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜一月 (RYMB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口肯)

References

• KangXi: page 194, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3798
• Dae Jaweon: page 415, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 639, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5543

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		啃

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 肯 (OC *kʰɯːŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěn (ken³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang², han², kang², hang³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khie

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: k'ên³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keen
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang², han², kang², hang³
    • Yale: háng, hán, káng, hang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang², han², kang², hang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng², hen², keng², heng³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵/, /hɐn³⁵/, /kʰɐŋ³⁵/, /hɐŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴
    • IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵/

Definitions

啃

1. to gnaw; to nibble
2. (figuratively) to delve into; to study or overcome

   啃書本 / 啃书本  ―  kěn shūběn  ―  to delve into books

3. ^† (onomatopoeic) cough

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèn (ken⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'ên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kenn
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰən⁵¹/

Definitions

啃

1. (colloquial) to eat

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Japanese

Kanji

啃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)

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Korean

Hanja

啃 • (sap) (hangeul 삽, revised sap, McCune–Reischauer sap)

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