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 Dictionary: 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 (OC *kreːb).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶ / hap⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hia̍p

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiab⁶
Southern Min
(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): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haap⁶ / hap⁶
  - Yale: haahp / hahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹ / hap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶ / heb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hiap̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (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: heap

Rime
Character	峽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	洽 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	侯夾切
Baxter	heap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɐp̚/
Bernhard 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

gorge

Compounds

三峽 / 三峡
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
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, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 峡)

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)

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Vietnamese

Han character

峽: Hán Nôm readings: hiệp, hệp, siệp

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