呃

呃	U+5443, 呃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5443

Translingual

Han character

呃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸山 (RMSU), four-corner 6101₂, composition ⿰口厄)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3387
Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 11
Unihan data for U+5443

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
呃	qreːɡs, qreːɡ
阸	qreːɡs, qreːɡ
厄	*qreːɡ
蚅	*qreːɡ
扼	*qreːɡ
軛	*qreːɡ
戹	*qreːɡ
豟	*qreːɡ
呝	*qreːɡ
軶	*qreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 厄 (OC *qreːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呃
alternative forms		呝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): è (e⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ / aak¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eh / e̍rh / e̍h / èr / erh / è

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: è
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: è
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴
  - Yale: è
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ak¹ / aak¹
  - Yale: āk / āak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ / aak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ / ag¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /aːk̚⁵/

Note: aak1 - literary (from 五音集韻).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eh
  - Tâi-lô: eh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eq
  - IPA (Yilan): /eʔ²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /eʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: e̍rh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /əʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /əʔ³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍h
  - Tâi-lô: e̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: èr
  - Tâi-lô: èr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ə¹²/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: erh
  - Tâi-lô: erh
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: è
  - Tâi-lô: è
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ex

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呃
Reading #	2/2
No.	2708
Phonetic component	戹
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戹
Old Chinese	/*qreːɡ/
Notes	原作呝

Definitions

呃

to belch
to hiccup; to hiccough
um; uh; er (An interjection said when hesitating in speech)
(onomatopoeia) chicken call

Compounds

呃喔
呃逆 (ènì)
打呃 (dǎ'è)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呃
alternative forms		眲阨

Compare Zhuang ngaek (“to take advantage of someone”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaak¹ / ngak¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngak²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngaak¹ / ngak¹
  - Yale: ngāak / ngāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaak⁷ / ngak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngag¹ / ngeg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngak²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡak̚⁵⁵/

Definitions

呃

(Cantonese) to deceive; to fool
- 你呃人，唔好講大話！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你呃人，唔好讲大话！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 唐英年 (Henry Tang), CE Election Debate 2012
  nei⁵ ngaak¹ jan⁴, m⁴ hou² gong² daai⁶ waa⁶! [Jyutping]
  You are deceiving others. Do not lie！
- Penny，有人玩咗我成日，而家就好似我呃緊你咁。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  Penny，有人玩咗我成日，而家就好似我呃紧你咁。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2019, The Disaster (Part 1), from The Amazing World of Gumball, season 4, episode 40
  Penny, jau⁵ jan⁴ waan² zo² ngo⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶, ji⁴ gaa¹ zau⁶ hou² ci⁵ ngo⁵ aak¹ gan² nei⁵ gam³. [Jyutping]
  Penny! Someone has been messing with me all day. ^[sic] and now it looks like I'm cheating on you.
(Cantonese) to swindle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 騙 (“to deceive; to fool”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		騙
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	騙
	Harbin	騙
	Malaysia	騙
	Singapore	騙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	騙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	騙
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	騙
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	騙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	騙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	騙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呃
	Hong Kong	呃
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	騙呃
	Macau	氹, 呃
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	呃
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	呃
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	呃
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	呃
	Foshan	呃
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	呃
	Foshan (Shunde)	氹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	呃
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	呃
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	氹, 呃
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	氹
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	呃
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	呃
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	呃
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	呃
	Taishan	呃
	Kaiping (Chikan)	呃
	Enping (Niujiang)	呃
	Heshan (Yayao)	呃
	Dongguan	呃
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	呃
	Yulin	呃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	呃
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呃
Gan	Nanchang	徹
Hakka	Meixian	撮
	Yudu	騙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	騙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	騙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撮, 騙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	騙, 諞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撮, 騙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	惑
	Senai (Huiyang)	騙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	騙, 局
Southern Min	Xiamen	諞, 術
	Quanzhou	諞, 術
	Zhangzhou	諞, 術
	Zhao'an	騙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙
	Manila (Hokkien)	騙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	騙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	騙
	Singapore (Teochew)	騙
	Wenchang	騙, 誑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	呃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	呃
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	騙
Wu	Danyang	騙

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): e (e⁵／e⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: e
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: e̊
  - Wade–Giles: o⁵
  - Yale: e
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .e
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀə/

Definitions

呃

Used to indicate approval or shock.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		呃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ài
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴
  - Yale: ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
  - Palladius: ай (aj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: aai³
  - Yale: aai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³³/

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

Middle Chinese: 'eajH

Rime
Character	呃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏界切
Baxter	'eajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qreːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呃
Reading #	1/2
No.	2705
Phonetic component	戹
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	噫
Old Chinese	/*qreːɡs/

Definitions

呃

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Compounds

嗚呃 / 呜呃

References

“呃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese

Kanji

呃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): あく (aku)、あい (ai)
Kun: なく (naku)

Korean

Hanja

呃 (eum 애 (ae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呃: Hán Nôm readings: ách, nhách, ải

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