噏

噏

噏 U+564F, 噏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-564F ← 噎 [U+564E] CJK Unified Ideographs 噐 → [U+5650]

Translingual

Han character

噏 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口人口卜 (RORY), composition ⿰口翕)

References

• KangXi: page 208, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4310
• Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 685, character 7
• Unihan data for U+564F

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰrub) : semantic 口 + phonetic 翕 (OC *qʰrub).

Etymology 1

trad.		噏
simp. #		噏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngap¹
    • Yale: ngāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐp̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠiɪp̚/

Rime
Character	噏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侵 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許及切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjip̚/
Li Rong	/xjəp̚/
Wang Li	/xĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)[ə]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrub/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	噏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ xip ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)[ə]p/
English	draw together (Laozi, one version)
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	噏
Reading #	1/1
No.	5005
Phonetic component	合
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	吸
Old Chinese	/*qʰrub/
Notes	同吸

Definitions

噏

1. ^† Alternative form of 吸 (xī, “to inhale; to absorb; to imbibe”).

Compounds

噏呷

噏然

Etymology 2

trad.		噏
simp. #		噏
alternative forms		up

Possibly related to 吟 (ngam4) via Cantonese nasal-stop alternation.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ap¹, ngap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ap¹, ngap¹
    • Yale: āp, ngāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ap⁷, ngap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eb¹, ngeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐp̚⁵/, /ŋɐp̚⁵/

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

Definitions

噏

1. (Cantonese) to babble; to prattle; to gossip

   亂咁噏／乱咁噏 [Cantonese]  ―  lyun⁶ gam³ ap¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to talk nonsense

   我真係唔知佢噏乜喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我真系唔知佢噏乜㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ m⁴ zi¹ keoi⁵ ap¹ mat¹ wo³. [Jyutping]

   I really don't know what (s)he is on about.

Compounds

口噏噏 噏三噏四 噏得就噏 噏耷 好噏唔噏

狗噏 亂噏／乱噏 亂噏廿四／乱噏廿四 噏到口唇邊／噏到口唇边 廢噏／废噏

發噏瘋／发噏疯 發噏風／发噏风 豬噏／猪噏 隨口噏／随口噏 隨口噏當秘笈／随口噏当秘笈

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 噏 – see 罨 (“musty; with an unpleasant smell due to wetness; to leave something that is wet in a poorly ventilated environment; etc.”). (This character, 噏, is a variant form of 罨.)

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Japanese

Kanji

噏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. inhale, absorb, imbibe
2. compress

Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: すう (suu)

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Korean

Hanja

噏 • (heup) (hangeul 흡, revised heup, McCune–Reischauer hŭp)

1. inhale, absorb, imbibe
2. compress

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Vietnamese

Han character

噏: Hán Nôm readings: hấp

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