嗌

嗌

嗌 U+55CC, 嗌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55CC ← 嗋 [U+55CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗍 → [U+55CD]

Translingual

Han character

嗌 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金廿 (RTCT), four-corner 6801₇, composition ⿰口益)

References

• KangXi: page 202, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4063
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 670, character 10
• Unihan data for U+55CC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊	*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	*lig, *qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qleɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): iq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik¹
    • Yale: yīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: iq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	嗌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	伊昔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*q[i]k/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qleɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嗌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiek ›
Old Chinese	/*q[i]k/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek)
English	throat
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	嗌
Reading #	1/1
No.	15082
Phonetic component	益
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	益
Old Chinese	/*qleɡ/

Definitions

嗌

1. ^† throat
2. ^† (figurative) vital communication line
3. ^† sound of flattering

Compounds

嗌塞

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai³
    • Yale: aai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

嗌

1. ^† Ancient Qin–Jin dialect for 噎 (yē, “to choke”).
2. (Cantonese) to shout; to yell; to say something loudly

   你嗌乜呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ aai³ mat¹ aa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you yelling for?

   • 隨意大聲嗌　誠實告解 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     随意大声嗌　诚实告解 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 鄭欣宜 [Joyce Cheng], lyrics by 藍奕邦 [Pong Nan], 救命歌

     ceoi⁴ ji³ daai⁶ seng¹ aai³, sing⁴ sat⁶ gou³ gaai² [Jyutping]

     Shout as loudly as you please, confess honestly

3. (Cantonese) to shout abuse; to swear
4. (Cantonese) to order food

   嗌外賣／嗌外卖 [Cantonese]  ―  aai³ ngoi⁶ maai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to order takeaway

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喊 (“to shout; to yell”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喊
Mandarin	Beijing	喊, 嚷
	Taiwan	喊
	Harbin	喊, 喊呼
	Jinan	喊
	Xi'an	喊, 喊叫
	Yinchuan	喊
	Ürümqi	喊
	Wuhan	喊, 𠵫
	Chengdu	喊
	Guilin	喊
	Liuzhou	喊
	Xuzhou	喊
	Yangzhou	喊
	Nanjing	喊
	Hefei	叫
	Singapore	喊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫, 嗌
	Hong Kong	嗌, 叫
	Dongguan	喊
	Yangjiang	喊
	Beihai	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	喊
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	喊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	叫
	Móng Cái	喊
Gan	Nanchang	喊
Hakka	Meixian	喊
	Zijin	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊
Jin	Taiyuan	喊, 叫喊
Min Bei	Jian'ou	喊
Min Dong	Fuzhou	吿
Min Nan	Xiamen	喝
	Quanzhou	喝
	Jinjiang	喝
	Zhangzhou	喝
	Taipei	咻, 喝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喝
	Kaohsiung	咻, 喝
	Yilan	喝
	Changhua (Lukang)	喝
	Taichung	喝
	Tainan	咻, 喝
	Hsinchu	喝
	Kinmen	喝
	Penghu (Magong)	喝
	Penang (Hokkien)	嚷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喝
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝
	Chaozhou	喊
	Shantou	喊, 叱
	Singapore (Teochew)	喝
Wu	Shanghai	喊
	Suzhou	喊
	Danyang	喊
	Ningbo	嘶, 叫
	Wenzhou	叫
Xiang	Changsha	喊
	Shuangfeng	喊

Compounds

嗌交 嗌到拆天 嗌生嗌死 嗌街

嗌街婆 嗌通街 嗌霎 大嗌

散嗌 嗌生晒 嗌數／嗌数

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Japanese

Kanji

嗌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. throat

Readings

• On (unclassified): えき (eki), やく (yaku), あく (aku), あい (ai), えい (ei)
• Kun: のど (nodo)

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Korean

Hanja

嗌 • (ik, ae, ak) (hangeul 익, 애, 악, revised ig, ae, ak, McCune–Reischauer ig, ae, ak)

1. throat

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗌: Hán Nôm readings: nhiếc, ách

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References

• Nom Foundation