嗌

嗌 U+55CC, 嗌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55CC ← 嗋 [U+55CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗍 → [U+55CD]

Translingual

Han character

嗌 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金廿 (RTCT), four-corner 6801₇, composition ⿰口益)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4063
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 670, character 10
• Unihan data for U+55CC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊	*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	*lig, *qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qleɡ): semantic 口 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷iq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jik¹
    • Yale: yīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷iq
    • MiniDict: ih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiek

Rime
Character	嗌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	伊昔切
Baxter	'jiek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*q[i]k/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qleɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嗌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiek ›
Old Chinese	/*q[i]k/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek)
English	throat
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	嗌
Reading #	1/1
No.	15082
Phonetic component	益
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	益
Old Chinese	/*qleɡ/

Definitions

嗌

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) throat
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) vital communication line
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sound of flattering

Compounds

• 嗌塞

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai³

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• 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.

Definitions

嗌

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Ancient Qin–Jin dialect for 噎 (yē, “to choke”).
2. (Cantonese) to shout; to yell; to say something loudly

   你嗌乜呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ aai³ mat¹ aa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you yelling for?

   • 隨意大聲嗌　誠實告解 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     随意大声嗌　诚实告解 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 鄭欣宜 [Joyce Cheng], lyrics by 藍奕邦 [Pong Nan], 救命歌

     ceoi⁴ ji³ daai⁶ seng¹ aai³, sing⁴ sat⁶ gou³ gaai² [Jyutping]

     Shout as loudly as you please, confess honestly

3. (Cantonese) to shout abuse; to swear
4. (Cantonese) to order food

   嗌外賣／嗌外卖 [Cantonese]  ―  aai³ ngoi⁶ maai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to order takeaway

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喊 (“to shout; to yell”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喊, 嚷
	Taiwan	喊
	Harbin	喊, 喊呼
	Singapore	喊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喊
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喊, 喊叫
	Xuzhou	喊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喊
	Ürümqi	喊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喊
	Wuhan	喊, 𠵫
	Guilin	喊
	Liuzhou	喊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	喊
	Yangzhou	喊
	Hefei	叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫, 嗌
	Hong Kong	嗌, 叫
	Dongguan	喊
	Yangjiang	喊
	Beihai	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	喊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	喊
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	喊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	叫
	Móng Cái	喊
Gan	Nanchang	喊
Hakka	Meixian	喊
	Zijin	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊
Jin	Taiyuan	喊, 叫喊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吿
Southern Min	Xiamen	喝
	Quanzhou	喝
	Jinjiang	喝
	Zhangzhou	喝
	Taipei	咻, 喝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喝
	Kaohsiung	咻, 喝
	Yilan	喝
	Changhua (Lukang)	喝
	Taichung	喝
	Tainan	咻, 喝
	Hsinchu	喝
	Kinmen	喝
	Penghu (Magong)	喝
	Penang (Hokkien)	嚷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喝
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝
	Chaozhou	喊
	Shantou	喊, 叱
	Puning	嚷, 呵, 叱
	Singapore (Teochew)	喝
Wu	Shanghai	喊, 叫
	Suzhou	喊
	Danyang	喊
	Ningbo	嘶, 叫
	Wenzhou	叫
Xiang	Changsha	喊
	Shuangfeng	喊

Compounds

• 嗌交
• 嗌到拆天
• 嗌數 / 嗌数
• 嗌生嗌死
• 嗌生晒
• 嗌街
• 嗌街婆
• 嗌通街
• 嗌霎
• 大嗌
• 散嗌

Japanese

Kanji

嗌

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. throat

Readings

• On (unclassified): えき (eki)、やく (yaku)、あく (aku)、あい (ai)、えい (ei)
• Kun: のど (nodo)

Korean

Hanja

嗌 • (ik, ae, ak) (hangeul 익, 애, 악, revised ig, ae, ak, McCune–Reischauer ig, ae, ak)

1. throat

Vietnamese

Han character

嗌: Hán Nôm readings: nhiếc, ách

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References

• Nom Foundation