嘖

嘖

See also: 啧

嘖 U+5616, 嘖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5616 ← 嘕 [U+5615] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘗 → [U+5617]

Translingual

Han character

嘖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口手一金 (RQMC), four-corner 6508₆, composition ⿰口責)

References

• KangXi: page 206, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4204
• Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5616

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Chinese

trad.		嘖
simp.		啧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
債	*ʔsreːɡs, *ʔsreːɡ
積	*ʔseɡs, *ʔseɡ
刺	*sʰeɡs, *sʰeɡ
莿	*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
刾	*sʰeɡs
朿	*sʰeɡs
漬	*zeɡs
耫	*zraːd, *zreːɡ
嘖	*ʔsraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ
梀	*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
捒	*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
幘	*ʔsreːɡ
簀	*ʔsreːɡ
嫧	*ʔsreːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sʰeɡ
謮	*ʔsreːɡ
責	*ʔsreːɡ
皟	*sʰreːɡ
憡	*sʰreːɡ
策	*sʰreːɡ
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
拺	*sʰreːɡ, *sreːɡ
賾	*zreːɡ
鰿	*zreːɡ, *ʔseɡ
擌	*sreːɡ
蹟	*ʔseɡ
襀	*ʔseɡ
磧	*sʰeɡ
洓	*sʰeɡ
績	*ʔseːɡ
勣	*ʔseːɡ
樍	*ʔseːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 責／责 (OC *ʔsreːɡ)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zé (ze²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak³, zaak⁶, zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zé
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²
    • Yale: dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak³, zaak⁶, zik¹
    • Yale: jaak, jaahk, jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁸, dzaak⁹, dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag³, zag⁶, jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚³/, /t͡saːk̚²/, /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃˠæk̚/, /d͡ʒˠɛk̚/, /t͡ʃˠɛk̚/

Rime
Character	嘖	嘖	嘖
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	崇 (20)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	耕 (119)	耕 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	II
Fanqie	側伯切	士革切	側革切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠæk̚/	/d͡ʒˠɛk̚/	/t͡ʃˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃak̚/	/d͡ʒɐk̚/	/t͡ʃɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/	/ɖ͡ʐəɨjk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɐk̚/	/d͡ʒɛk̚/	/t͡ʃɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃɐk̚/	/d͡ʒæk̚/	/t͡ʃæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/	/ɖ͡ʐʱæk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe	zhé	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zak1	zak6	zak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡ/, /*ʔsreːɡ/, /*zreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘖	嘖	嘖
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	1752	1757	1771
Phonetic component	朿	朿	朿
Rime group	鐸	錫	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘖	責	賾
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːɡ/	/*ʔsreːɡ/	/*zreːɡ/

Definitions

嘖

1. (literary) to argue
2. (onomatopoeia) sound of tongue clicking

Compounds

唧嘖／唧啧 嘖嘖／啧啧 (zézé)

嘖嘖稱奇／啧啧称奇 嘖嘖稱好／啧啧称好

嘖嘖讚嘆／啧啧赞叹 嘖有煩言／啧有烦言

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [ǀ]

Definitions

嘖

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of tongue clicking; tut; tsk

Compounds

嘖嘖／啧啧 (zézé)

References

• “嘖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

嘖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)
• Kun: さいなむ (sainamu, 嘖む); さけぶ (sakebu, 嘖ぶ)

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Korean

Hanja

嘖 • (chaek) (hangeul 책, revised chaek, McCune–Reischauer ch'aek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘖: Hán Nôm readings: chép, trách

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References

• Nôm Foundation