欬

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欬 U+6B2C, 欬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B2C
← 欫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 欭 →

Translingual

Han character

欬 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜人弓人 (YONO), four-corner 07882, composition ⿰亥欠)

  1. (variant of 咳) to cough
  2. sound of laughter

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 567, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16061
  • Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2139, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6B2C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 欬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欬
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
該 *kɯː
垓 *kɯː
賅 *kɯː
陔 *kɯː
豥 *kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄 *kɯː, *krɯː
郂 *kɯː
姟 *kɯː
絯 *kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐 *kɯː
峐 *kɯː
侅 *kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲 *kɯː
頦 *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒 *kʰɯː
輆 *kʰɯːʔ
欬 *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋 *ŋɡɯːɡs
閡 *ŋɡɯːɡs
咳 *qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩 *ɡɯː
亥 *ɡɯːʔ
劾 *ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎 *krɯː
烗 *kʰrɯːɡs
骸 *ɡrɯː
駭 *ɡrɯːʔ
刻 *kʰɯːɡ
餩 *qɯːɡ
核 *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds): phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) + semantic 欠.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 欬
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦蓋切
Baxter khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰəjH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hoi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 欬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khojH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰˁək-s/
English cough

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 欬
Reading # 1/2
No. 4820
Phonetic
component 		亥
Rime
group 		志
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		磕
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰɯːɡs/

Definitions

欬

  1. alternative form of 咳 (“to cough”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 欬
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 夬 (29)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於犗切
Baxter 'aejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠaiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚaiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔaiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨjsH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔaiH/
Wang
Li 		/æiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔaiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 欬
Reading # 2/2
No. 4839
Phonetic
component 		亥
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		喝
Old
Chinese 		/*qraːds/

Definitions

欬

  1. (historical dictionaries only) belching

Japanese

Kanji

欬

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. cough
  2. sound of laughter

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai)、き (ki)、がい (gai)
  • Kun: せき (seki)

Korean

Hanja

欬 (eum 해 (hae))

  1. to cough

Vietnamese

Han character

欬: Hán Nôm readings: khái

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References

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