喫

喫

See also: 吃

喫 U+55AB, 喫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55AB ← 喪 [U+55AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 喬 → [U+55AC]

喫 U+2F848, 喫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F848 ← 喙 [U+2F847] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 喳 → [U+2F849]

Translingual

Han character

喫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹大 (RQHK), four-corner 6703₄, composition ⿰口契)

References

• KangXi: page 200, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3987
• Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 648, character 7
• Unihan data for U+55AB
• Unihan data for U+2F848

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Chinese

trad.		喫
simp.		吃*
alternative forms		噄 𡁒 噭 吔 (jaak3) Cantonese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hek³, jaak³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiak¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): qiah⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): qiq (T4)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): qia⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³, jaak³
    • Yale: hek, yaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸, jaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³, yag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³/, /jaːk̚³/

Note:

• hek3 - literary;
• jaak3 - vernacular.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiak¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiak̚³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiah⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qiq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qia⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰia̠²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰek̚/

Rime
Character	喫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦擊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰek̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hik1

Definitions

喫

1. Alternative form of 吃 (chī, “to eat; to suffer”).

Compounds

一喫一添／一吃一添 喫東道／吃东道 喫淡酒／吃淡酒 喫甜頭／吃甜头

喫著不盡／吃著不尽 喫虎膽／吃虎胆 坐喫山崩／坐吃山崩

大喫一驚／大吃一惊 省喫儉用／省吃俭用 硬喫／硬吃

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Japanese

Shinjitai	喫
Kyūjitai [1]	喫󠄁 喫+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	喫󠄆 喫+󠄆? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

喫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. devour
2. ingest
3. eat or drink
4. to be struck by someone or something
5. smoke

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku); け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai); けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: きつ (kitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: くう (kuu, 喫う); のむ (nomu, 喫む)

Compounds

• 喫煙(きつえん) (kitsuen): smoking
• 喫茶(きっさ) (kissa): drinking tea
• 喫茶店(きっさてん) (kissaten): tea house

References

1. “喫”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 喫 (MC kʰek̚). Has unusual tensing, the only other such readings being 氏 (ssi) and 雙 (ssang).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 켝〮 (Yale: khyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 긱〮 (kík) (Yale: kík) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈ik̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [끽]

Hanja

Wikisource喫 (eumhun 먹을/마실 끽 (meogeul/masil kkik))

1. Hanja form^? of 끽 (“eat”).
2. Hanja form^? of 끽 (“drink”).
3. Hanja form^? of 끽 (“suffer; endure; bear”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 끽겁 (喫怯, kkikgeop)
• 끽겁 (喫㥘, kkikgeop)
• 끽경 (喫驚, kkikgyeong)
• 끽고 (喫苦, kkikgo)
• 끽긴 (喫緊, kkikgin)
• 끽다 (喫茶, kkikda)
• 끽반 (喫飯, kkikban)
• 끽수 (喫水, kkiksu)
• 끽연 (喫煙, kkigyeon)
• 끽잔 (喫殘, kkikjan)
• 끽주 (喫酒, kkikju)
• 끽착 (喫着, kkikchak)
• 끽파 (喫破, kkikpa)
• 끽휴 (喫虧, kkikhyu)
• 돈끽 (頓喫, donkkik)
• 만끽 (滿喫, mankkik)
• 매끽 (賣喫, maekkik)
• 몰끽 (沒喫, molkkik)
• 병끽 (賆喫, byeongkkik)
• 수끽 (受喫, sukkik)
• 포끽 (飽喫, pokkik)
• 금끽연 (禁喫煙, geumkkigyeon)
• 끽관사 (喫官司, kkikgwansa)
• 끽긴사 (喫緊事, kkikginsa)
• 끽다점 (喫茶店, kkikdajeom)
• 끽반처 (喫飯處, kkikbancheo)
• 끽연실 (喫煙室, kkigyeonsil)
• 끽포락치 (喫泡落齒, kkikporakchi)
• 끽착부진 (喫着不盡, kkikchakbujin)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

喫: Hán Nôm readings: khịt, khế, khịa, khiết, ngật

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