愜

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See also: 惬
愜 U+611C, 愜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-611C
← 愛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 愝 →

Translingual

Han character

愜 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心尸大人 (PSKO), four-corner 91013, composition ⿰忄匧)

  1. be satisfied, be comfortable

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 395, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10949
  • Dae Jaweon: page 733, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2325, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+611C

Chinese

trad. 愜
simp. 惬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瘞 *qrebs
瘱 *qeːbs
脥 *kʰemʔ
浹 *skaːb, *skeːb
挾 *skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾 *kreːb
郟 *kreːb
筴 *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌 *kreːb
鵊 *kreːb
狹 *ɡreːb
峽 *ɡreːb
硤 *ɡreːb
陜 *ɡreːb
陿 *ɡreːb
翜 *sraːb, *srɯːb
梜 *kraːb, *keːb
頰 *keːb
莢 *keːb
鋏 *keːb
蛺 *keːb
唊 *keːb
悏 *kʰeːb
匧 *kʰeːb
愜 *kʰeːb
篋 *kʰeːb
俠 *ɡeːb
綊 *ɡeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰeːb): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 匧 (OC *kʰeːb).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 愜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 苦協切
Baxter khep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰep̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰep̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰɛp̚/
Li
Rong 		/kʰep̚/
Wang
Li 		/kʰiep̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 愜
Reading # 1/1
No. 5913
Phonetic
component 		夾
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		愜
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰeːb/
Notes 說文心在下

Definitions

愜

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Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

愜

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. be satisfied
  2. be comfortable

Readings

  • On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: こころよい (kokoroyoi)

Korean

Hanja

愜 (eum 협 (hyeop))

  1. be satisfied
  2. be comfortable

Vietnamese

Han character

愜: Hán Nôm readings: khép, khiếp, thiếp

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