嘬

嘬	U+562C, 嘬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-562C

← 嘫
[U+562B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘭 →
[U+562D]

Translingual

Han character

嘬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口日尸水 (RASE), four-corner 6604₇, composition ⿰口最)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4238
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 19
Unihan data for U+562C

Chinese

trad.		嘬
simp. ^#		嘬
alternative forms		𠻕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陬	ʔsloː, ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	ʔsloː, sʰloːʔ, sloːʔ, ʔsru
掫	ʔsloː, ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	ʔsloː, ʔsru, *slos
趣	sʰloːʔ, sʰlos
取	sʰloːʔ, sʰloʔ
鯫	zloː, zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	rlu, rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	ʔsru, zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	ʔsru, sʰroːɡ
菆	ʔsru, sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	sʰoːds, sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	sʰloʔ, sʰlos, *slo
聚	zloʔ, zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	ʔsoːd, sʰoːd

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuài (chuai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuai⁴
  - Yale: chwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuay
  - Palladius: чуай (čuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caai³
  - Yale: chaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: tsrhwaejH

Rime
Character	嘬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚夬切
Baxter	tsrhwaejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠuai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰuai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰwaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰuai^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰwæi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰwai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ](ˤ)ro[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嘬	嘬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuài	chuài
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhwæj^H ›	‹ tsrhwɛj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ](ˁ)ro[t]-s/	/*[tsʰ](ˁ)ro[t]-s/
English	bite, eat	bite, eat
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	嘬
Reading #	1/1
No.	10648
Phonetic component	取
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰroːds/

Definitions

嘬

to bite; to eat; to devour

Compounds

嘬嘬
嘬嚃
嘬炙

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuō (zuo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuo
  - Wade–Giles: tso¹
  - Yale: dzwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuo
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyut³
  - Yale: jyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚³/

Definitions

嘬

to suck

Compounds

嘬嘴

Japanese

Kanji

嘬

(Hyōgai kanji)

to lap
to suck

Readings

On (unclassified): さい (sai)、せ (se)、せい (sei)
Kun: かむ (kamu)、むさぼる (musaboru)

Korean

Hanja

嘬 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe)

to lap
to suck

Vietnamese

Han character

嘬: Hán Nôm readings: chối, tòi, đạm, ngoạm, toát

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References

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