咦

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咦 U+54A6, 咦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A6
← 咥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咧 →

Translingual

Han character

咦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口大弓 (RKN), four-corner 65032, composition ⿰口夷)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3535
  • Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+54A6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 咦
alternative forms 噫 sense 2

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 咦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (夷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桋 *l'iːl, *lil
荑 *l'iːl, *lil
銕 *l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd
鴺 *l'iːl, *lil
鮧 *l'iːl, *lil
洟 *l̥ʰiːls, *lil
羠 *ljilʔ, *lil
咦 *hril
夷 *lil
姨 *lil
痍 *lil
峓 *lil
恞 *lil
眱 *lil
蛦 *lil
胰 *lil, *lɯ
跠 *lil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hril): semantic 口 + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

咦

  1. An interjection used to express confusion. huh?
    咦，我的鑰匙呢？
    咦，我的钥匙呢？
    Yí, wǒ de yàoshi ne?
    Huh? Where is my key?
    咦，他怎麼在這兒？
    咦，他怎么在这儿？
    Yí, tā zěnme zài zhèr?
    Uh, why is he here?
  2. (Cantonese) Expression of disgust. ew
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    《說文》：南陽謂大呼曰咦。

Usage notes

  • The first sense expresses a relatively neutral feeling.
  • For the first sense, the vowel is short; for the second sense, the vowel is longer.

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 咦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 喜夷切
Baxter xjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hi/
Li
Rong 		/xi/
Wang
Li 		/xi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 咦
Reading # 1/1
No. 14861
Phonetic
component 		夷
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		咦
Old
Chinese 		/*hril/

Definitions

咦

  1. smiling

Japanese

Kanji

咦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): い (i)、き (ki)、たい (tai)、だい (dai)
  • Kun: といき (toiki)

Korean

Hanja

咦 • (i, jae) (hangeul 이, 재, revised i, jae, McCune–Reischauer i, chae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咦: Nôm readings: gì, di, ri, dè, rê, rì, rỉ

  1. chữ Nôm form of gì (“what”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ^ Hồ (1976).
  5. ^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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