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Translingual
Han character
噲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口人一日 (ROMA), four-corner 68066, composition ⿰口會)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 211, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4407
- Dae Jaweon: page 433, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 693, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5672
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 譮
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*qʰruːbs
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| 會
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*koːbs, *ɡoːbs
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| 儈
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*koːbs
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| 膾
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*koːbs
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| 鱠
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*koːbs
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| 襘
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*koːbs
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| 禬
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*koːbs, *ɡoːbs
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| 檜
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*koːbs, *koːd
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| 旝
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*koːbs
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| 澮
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*koːbs
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| 鄶
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*koːbs
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| 廥
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*koːbs
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| 鬠
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*koːbs, *ɡoːd
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| 劊
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*koːbs, *koːd
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| 獪
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*koːbs, *kroːbs
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| 繪
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*ɡoːbs
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| 懀
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*qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs
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| 薈
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*qoːbs
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| 嬒
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*qoːbs, *qoːd
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| 瞺
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*qoːbs
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| 噲
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*kʰroːbs
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| 璯
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*kʰroːbs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰroːbs) : semantic 口 + phonetic 會 (OC *koːbs, *ɡoːbs).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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噲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kuài
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khwæjH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰr-s/
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| English
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comfortable (room)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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噲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5515
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Phonetic
component
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會
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Rime
group
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蓋
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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快
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰroːbs/
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Definitions
噲
- swallow down
- mouth of birds or beasts
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
噲
- (Eastern Min) Alternative form of 回 (“that; then”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
噲
- (dated in Cantonese, Hakka, still used in Teochew) Alternative form of 會／会 (“can; will”)
1894, James Dyer Ball, Readings in Cantonese Colloquial, page 2:
你噲舉個隻手到熱頭咁高唔呢、唔噲呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你哙举个只手到热头咁高唔呢、唔哙呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]- nei5 wui5 geoi2 go3 zek3 sau2 dou3 jit6 tau4-2 gam3 gou1 m4 ni1, m4 wui5 aa3.
- Can you reach up so high? No. (literally, Can you raise that hand to as high as the sun? cannot.)
(Can we date this quote?), “潮汕女孩”, 李立群 (lyrics), 徐曉穎 (music)performed by 徐曉穎:
伊噲害你一輩子攏著假好人唔敢使坏 [Teochew, trad.]
伊哙害你一辈子拢着假好人唔敢使坏 [Teochew, simp.]- i1 oi6 hai7 le2 zêg8 buê3 ze2 long2 diêh8 gê2 ho2 nang5 m6 gan2 sai2 huai6 [Peng'im]
- She will cause you to pretend to be a good man and not dare play tricks all your life.
Japanese
Kanji
噲
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- swallow
- gulp down
- greedy
Readings
Korean
Hanja
噲 • (kwae) (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune–Reischauer k'wae)
- throat
- refreshing
Vietnamese
Han character
噲: Hán Nôm readings: khoái, gọi, còn, gỏi, gũi, hỏi, khoải
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