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Translingual
Han character
喟 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口田月 (RWB), four-corner 66027, composition ⿰口胃)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 199, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3963
- Dae Jaweon: page 421, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 654, character 3
- Unihan data for U+559F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 喟
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*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
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| 胃
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*ɢuds
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| 謂
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*ɢuds
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| 媦
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*ɢuds
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| 蝟
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*ɢuds
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| 渭
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*ɢuds
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| 煟
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*ɢuds
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| 緭
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*ɢuds
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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喟
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喟
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kuì
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kuì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khwɛjH ›
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‹ khwijH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷʰˁrə-s/
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/*ʷʰrə-s/
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| English
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sigh
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sigh
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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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喟
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喟
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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12940
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12941
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Phonetic
component
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胃
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胃
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Rime
group
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隊
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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蒯
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喟
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰruːds/
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/*kʰruds/
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Definitions
喟
- (literary) to heave a sigh; to sigh
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
喟
(Hyōgai kanji)
- sigh
Readings
Korean
Hanja
喟 • (wi, goe) (hangeul 위, 괴, revised wi, goe, McCune–Reischauer wi, koe, Yale wi, koy)
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Vietnamese
Han character
喟: Hán Nôm readings: vị
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