嗝

嗝	U+55DD, 嗝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55DD

← 嗜
[U+55DC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嗞 →
[U+55DE]

Translingual

Han character

嗝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一口月 (RMRB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口鬲)

References

KangXi: page 203, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4097

Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 33

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 4

Unihan data for U+55DD

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隔	*kreːɡ
膈	*kreːɡ
搹	*kreːɡ
鬲	kreːɡ, ɡ·reːɡ
槅	*kreːɡ
嗝	*kreːɡ
虉	ŋɡreːɡ, ŋɡeːɡ
翮	*ɡreːɡ
滆	*ɡreːɡ
蒚	ɡreːɡ, ɡ·reːɡ
鎘	*ɡ·reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 鬲 (OC *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		嗝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gé, gě (ge², ge³)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄍㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gé
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gé
  - Wade–Giles: ko²
  - Yale: gé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
  - Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gér
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gér
  - Wade–Giles: kêrh²
  - Yale: gér
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger'l
  - Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤɻ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    嗝兒／嗝儿
    格兒／格儿
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gě
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gě
  - Wade–Giles: ko³
  - Yale: gě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
  - Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gěr
  - Wade–Giles: kêrh³
  - Yale: gěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee'l
  - Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤɻ²¹⁴/

Note:

gé - “call of an animal; hiccup”;
gě - only in the “to die” sense.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaak³
  - Yale: gaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: /kˠɛk̚/

Rime
Character	嗝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古核切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gak¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗝
Reading #	1/1
No.	3845
Phonetic component	鬲
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隔
Old Chinese	/*kreːɡ/

Definitions

嗝

^† call of an animal (especially a bird)
(onomatopoeia) hiccup; burp; belch
(Mandarin, colloquial) to die; to croak

Compounds

嗝吱
嗝嗝
嗝屁 (gěpì)
嗝症

打冷嗝
打嗝 (dǎgé)
乾嗝／干嗝
嗝兒／嗝儿

嗝頓／嗝顿
打飽嗝／打饱嗝
飽嗝／饱嗝 (bǎogé)
飽嗝兒／饱嗝儿 (bǎogér)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嗝
alternative forms		𠰲 urt urk ert erk

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): oet⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oet⁴
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œːt̚²¹/

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

Definitions

嗝

(Cantonese, onomatopoeia) to burp; to belch

Japanese

Kanji

嗝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

cackling of fowl
to gag
to vomit

Readings

On (unclassified): かく (kaku); きゃく (kyaku)

Korean

Hanja

嗝 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗝: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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References

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