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U+5588, 喈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5588

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口心心日 (RPPA), four-corner 61061, composition )

  1. sound of chirping
  2. music
  3. melody

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3910
  • Dae Jaweon: page 419, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 652, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5588

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨj/
Li
Rong
/kɛi/
Wang
Li
/kɐi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1

Definitions

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Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation

Definitions

(Taiwanese Hokkien)

  1. (of a dog) to cry in pain; to whine
  2. (of a person) to whine

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. music
  2. melody

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai)

Korean

Hanja

(gae) (hangeul , revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae)

  1. sound of chirping

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: , giai

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