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U+5540, 啀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5540

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土 (RMGG) or 難口一土土 (XRMGG), four-corner 61014, composition )

  1. gnaw

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 194, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3789
  • Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 638, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5540

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter ngea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaɨj/
Li
Rong
/ŋɛ/
Wang
Li
/ŋai/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngaai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4537
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋreː/

Definitions

  1. to gnaw
  2. (Cantonese) to shout, yell, scold

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: (ge)
  • Kan-on: がい (gai)
  • Kun: いがむ (igamu, 啀む)

Korean

Hanja

(ae) (hangeul )

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