峽

峽

See also: 峡

峽 U+5CFD, 峽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CFD ← 峼 [U+5CFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 峾 → [U+5CFE]

Translingual

Japanese	峡
Simplified	峡
Traditional	峽

Han character

峽 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山大人人 (UKOO), four-corner 2473₈, composition ⿰山夾)

References

• KangXi: page 312, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8122
• Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5CFD

---

Chinese

trad.		峽
simp.		峡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːb) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 夾／夹 (OC *kreːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶, hap⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hia̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hiab⁶

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p / hia̍p / kiap / e̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giab⁴ / hab⁸

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haap⁶, hap⁶
    • Yale: haahp, hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹, hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶, heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /çiap̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hap
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiap̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍h
    • Tâi-lô: e̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• ha̍p/hia̍p - literary;
• kiap/e̍h - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giab⁴ / hab⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiap / ha̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiap̚²/, /hap̚⁴/

Note: hab8 - used in 峽山 (“a town in Shantou”).

---

• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠɛp̚/

Rime
Character	峽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	侯夾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kˤ<r>ep/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	峽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiá
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛp ›
Old Chinese	/*N-kˁ<r>ep/
English	mountain pass (not in GSR)
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	峽
Reading #	1/1
No.	5897
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	洽
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːb/

Definitions

峽

1. gorge

Compounds

Derived terms from 峽

三峽／三峡 (Sān Xiá) 三門峽／三门峡 (Sānménxiá) 地峽／地峡 (dìxiá) 峽口／峡口 (Xiákǒu) 峽谷／峡谷 (xiágǔ) 巫峽／巫峡 (Wūxiá)

水峽口／水峡口 (Shuǐxiákǒu) 海峽／海峡 (hǎixiá) 漁峽口／渔峡口 (Yúxiákǒu) 瓦石峽／瓦石峡 (Wǎshíxiá) 瞿塘峽／瞿塘峡 (Qútángxiá)

虎跳峽／虎跳峡 (Hǔtiàoxiá) 西峽／西峡 (Xīxiá) 西陵峽／西陵峡 (Xīlíngxiá) 青銅峽／青铜峡 (Qīngtóngxiá, “Qingtongxia”) 鮑峽／鲍峡 (Bàoxiá)

---

Japanese

Shinjitai	峡
Kyūjitai	峽

Kanji

峽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 峡)

1. gorge
2. strait
3. ravine
4. isthmus

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げふ (gefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kun: はざま (hazama, 峽)

---

Korean

Hanja

峽 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

峽: Hán Nôm readings: hiệp, hệp, hiẹp

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.