嗝

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嗝 U+55DD, 嗝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55DD
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗞 →

Translingual

Han character

嗝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一口月 (RMRB), four-corner 61027, composition ⿰口鬲)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4097
  • Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+55DD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
隔 *kreːɡ
膈 *kreːɡ
搹 *kreːɡ
鬲 *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅 *kreːɡ
嗝 *kreːɡ
虉 *ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮 *ɡreːɡ
滆 *ɡreːɡ
蒚 *ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘 *ɡ·reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːɡ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 鬲 (OC *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 嗝

Pronunciation

Note:
  • gé - “call of an animal; hiccup”;
  • gě - only in the “to die” sense.
Rime
Character 嗝
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麥 (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古核切
Baxter keak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/kɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kæk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gak1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嗝
Reading # 1/1
No. 3845
Phonetic
component 		鬲
Rime
group 		錫
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		隔
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːɡ/

Definitions

嗝

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) call of an animal (especially a bird)
  2. (onomatopoeia) hiccup; burp; belch
  3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to die; to croak
Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 嗝
alternative forms 𠰲
urt
urk
ert
erk

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Definitions

嗝

  1. (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) to burp; to belch

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 嗝

Pronunciation

Definitions

嗝

  1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shout; to yell
    嗝嗝叫 [Hokkien]  ―  ke̍h ke̍h kiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to shout in a loud and piercing way
  2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan
Synonyms
  • (to shout):
  • (to moan and groan): 叫苦 (jiàokǔ)
See also

Japanese

Kanji

嗝

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. cackling of fowl
  2. to gag
  3. to vomit

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、きゃく (kyaku)

Korean

Hanja

嗝 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗝: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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References

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