嗆

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See also: 呛
嗆 U+55C6, 嗆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C6
← 嗅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗇 →

Translingual

Han character

嗆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口人戈口 (ROIR), four-corner 68067, composition ⿰口倉)

  1. to choke with smoke
  2. to irritate the nose

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4051
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 669, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+55C6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (倉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艙 *sʰaːŋ
倉 *sʰaːŋ
蒼 *sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄 *sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖 *sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬 *sʰaːŋ
凔 *sʰaːŋ
槍 *sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶 *sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌 *sʰaŋ
瑲 *sʰaŋ
牄 *sʰaŋ
嗆 *sʰaŋs
創 *sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡 *sʰraŋ
愴 *sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗 *sʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaŋs) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Etymology 1

trad. 嗆
simp. 呛
alternative forms 熗／炝 (to irritate)

Pronunciation 1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嗆
Reading # 1/1
No. 1138
Phonetic
component 		倉
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蹡
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰaŋs/
Notes 搶晚起分化字
Definitions

嗆

  1. to choke (due to swallowing the wrong way)

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • chhiòng/chhiàng - literary;
  • chhiùⁿ - vernacular.

    Definitions

    嗆

    1. to irritate the respiratory organs, especially the nose (of smoke or odor)
    2. (Taiwan) to shout at somebody; to speak out against somebody

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    trad. 嗆
    simp. 呛
    alternative forms 啜 Hokkien

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    嗆

    1. (Hokkien) to sniffle; to snuffle; to snort (especially outwards rather than inwards when the nose is stuffed)
      嗆嗆吼／呛呛吼 [Hokkien]  ―  chhngh chhngh háu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to sob sniffling
    2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to sob incessantly
    Synonyms

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    嗆

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    嗆 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    嗆: Hán Nôm readings: sang

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