嗄

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嗄	U+55C4, 嗄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

嗄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一山水 (RMUE), four-corner 6104₇, composition ⿰口夏)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4047
Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 9
Unihan data for U+55C4

Chinese

trad.		嗄
simp. ^#		嗄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夏) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
榎	*kraːʔ
廈	sraːs, ɡraːʔ
嗄	sqʰraːs, qraːds
夏	ɡraːʔ, ɡraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰraːs, *qraːds) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 夏 (OC *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shà (sha⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shà
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shà
  - Wade–Giles: sha⁴
  - Yale: shà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
  - Palladius: ша (ša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saa³
  - Yale: sa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³³/

Middle Chinese: sraeH, 'aejH

Rime
Character	嗄	嗄
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	所嫁切	於犗切
Baxter	sraeH	'aejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠa^H/	/ʔˠai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚa^H/	/ʔᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃa^H/	/ʔai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨ^H/	/ʔaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/ʃa^H/	/ʔai^H/
Wang Li	/ʃa^H/	/æi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂa^H/	/ʔai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shà	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa³	aai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sqʰraːs/, /*qraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗄	嗄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13451	13455
Phonetic component	夏	夏
Rime group	魚	祭
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	嗄	喝
Old Chinese	/*sqʰraːs/	/*qraːds/
Notes	見莊子	見莊子

Definitions

嗄

hoarse

Compounds

嘻嘻嗄嗄

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): á (a²)

(Zhuyin): ㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: á
  - Zhuyin: ㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: á
  - Wade–Giles: a²
  - Yale: á
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ar
  - Palladius: а (a)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: aa²
  - Yale: á
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: a²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

嗄

Alternative form of 啊 (á), an interjection.

Compounds

嘻嘻嗄嗄

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): a (a⁵／a⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: a
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: å
  - Wade–Giles: a⁵
  - Yale: a
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .a
  - Palladius: а (a)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä/

Definitions

嗄

sentence-final particle and interjection expressing surprise

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xià
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sià
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
  - Yale: syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
  - Palladius: ся (sja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Definitions

嗄

Used in compounds.

Compounds

嗄程
嗄飯／嗄饭

Pronunciation 5

Eastern Min (BUC): hák

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑʔ²⁴/

Definitions

嗄

(Eastern Min) hoarse

Compounds

嗄嗄聲／嗄嗄声

Pronunciation 6

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sà

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sà
  - Tâi-lô: sà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sax
  - IPA (Taipei): /sa¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa²¹/

Definitions

嗄

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to gorge; to wolf down

Compounds

霧嗄嗄／雾嗄嗄 (bū-sà-sà) (Min Nan)

Pronunciation 7

Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ / haak⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ / haak⁶
  - Yale: hah / haahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ / haak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ / hag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²²/, /haːk̚²/

Etymology

Contraction of 係啊／系啊.

Definitions

嗄

(Cantonese) Used to signify agreement.

References

“嗄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Entry #9330”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 嗄

嗄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さ (sa)
Kun: かれる (kareru)

Korean

Hanja

嗄 • (sa, ae) (hangeul 사, 애, revised sa, ae, McCune–Reischauer sa, ae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗄: Hán Việt readings: hạ^[1]

chữ Hán form of hạ (“hoarse”).

References

^ Trần (2004).

Zhuang

Verb

嗄

Alternative form of 𬮤 (“Sawndip form of haep”)

References

古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN, page 238

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