咦

咦	U+54A6, 咦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A6

← 咥
[U+54A5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

咧 →
[U+54A7]

Translingual

Han character

咦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口大弓 (RKN), four-corner 6503₂, composition ⿰口夷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3535
Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 1
Unihan data for U+54A6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		咦
alternative forms		噫 sense 2

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 咦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
桋	l'iːl, lil
荑	l'iːl, lil
銕	l'iːl, l̥ʰiːd
鴺	l'iːl, lil
鮧	l'iːl, lil
洟	l̥ʰiːls, lil
羠	ljilʔ, lil
咦	*hril
夷	*lil
姨	*lil
痍	*lil
峓	*lil
恞	*lil
眱	*lil
蛦	*lil
胰	lil, lɯ
跠	*lil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hril): semantic 口 + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yí (yi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji² / ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yí
  - Wade–Giles: i²
  - Yale: yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji² / ji⁴
  - Yale: yí / yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji² / ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi² / yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/, /jiː²¹/

Definitions

咦

An interjection used to express confusion. huh?
咦，我的鑰匙呢？ [MSC, trad.]
咦，我的钥匙呢？ [MSC, simp.]
Yí, wǒ de yàoshi ne? [Pinyin]
Huh? Where is my key?

咦，他怎麼在這兒？ [MSC, trad.]
咦，他怎么在这儿？ [MSC, simp.]
Yí, tā zěnme zài zhèr? [Pinyin]
Uh, why is he here?
(Cantonese) Expression of disgust. ew
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《說文》：南陽謂大呼曰咦。

Usage notes

The first sense expresses a relatively neutral feeling.
For the first sense, the vowel is short; for the second sense, the vowel is longer.

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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/

Middle Chinese: xjij

Rime
Character	咦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	喜夷切
Baxter	xjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/hi/
Shao Rongfen	/xjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hi/
Li Rong	/xi/
Wang Li	/xi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咦
Reading #	1/1
No.	14861
Phonetic component	夷
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hril/

Definitions

咦

smiling

Japanese

Kanji

咦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): い (i)、き (ki)、たい (tai)、だい (dai)
Kun: といき (toiki)

Korean

Hanja

咦 • (i, jae) (hangeul 이, 재, revised i, jae, McCune–Reischauer i, chae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咦: Nôm readings: gì^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5], di^[1]^[2]^[3], ri^[1]^[2]^[3], dè^[1]^[2], rê^[1]^[2], rì^[1]^[2], rỉ^[1]

chữ Nôm form of gì (“what”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Trần (2004).
^ Hồ (1976).
^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Trần (2004).

[btcn-4] Hồ (1976).

[taberd-5] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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