嚼

嚼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口月田戈 (RBWI), four-corner 6204₆, composition ⿰口爵)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4602
• Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 8
• Unihan data for U+56BC

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zewɢ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 爵 (OC *ʔsewɢ).

Schuessler (2003) links this word with Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ (“to eat”). Also compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat”).

嚼

1. (transitive) to chew; to masticate; to crunch

   嚼口香糖  ―  jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng  ―  to chew chewing gum

嚼

1. (Hokkien) to chatter; to prattle; to talk incessantly (used mainly in compounds)

   嚼嚼叫

   chia̍uh-chia̍uh-kiò

   to chatter without ceasing

   1. (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippine and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be fond of talking; to chatter

      伊閣咧嚼。
      伊阁咧嚼。

      I koh lé chhia̍uh.

      He's chattering again.

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) paiban (played by hitting it on one's palm or knee)
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) sound of a paiban
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) to play the paiban
5. (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) to jump in a bouncing way like a rabbit

   一直嚼來／一直嚼来   ―  it-ti̍t chhia̍uh lâi   ―  to come keeping on jumping in a bouncing way

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ざく (zaku)
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: かむ (kamu, 嚼む)

嚼 • (jak) (hangeul 작, revised jak, McCune–Reischauer chak)

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嚼: Hán Nôm readings: tước

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