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Translingual
Han character
嚼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 +18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口月田戈 (RBWI ), four-corner 62046 , composition ⿰口 爵 )
References
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
Chinese
simp. and trad.
嚼
alternative forms
𪚅 / 𬺖 噍 (ziu6 ) Cantonese 𡁻 (ziu6 ) Cantonese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
釂
*ʔsewɢs
皭
*ʔsewɢs, *zewɢ
爝
*ʔsewɢs, *ʔsewɢ, *zewɢ
爵
*ʔsewɢ
嚼
*zewɢ
穱
*ʔsreːwɢ
灂
*zreːwɢ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *zewɢ ): semantic 口 ( “ mouth ” ) + phonetic 爵 ( OC *ʔsewɢ ) .
Etymology 1
Schuessler (2003) links this word with Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ ( “ to eat ” ) . Also compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ ( “ to eat ” ) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : jiáo , jué , jiào (jiao2 , jue2 , jiao4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄐㄧㄠˊ, ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : jiao2
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : zoek3 / zoek6 / ziu6 / zeu6
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : diak2 / diau5
Gan (Wiktionary ) : qioh7
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : chiok / chheu
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : jiog5 / qiau4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : jiau1
Northern Min (KCR ) : ciŏ̤
Eastern Min (BUC ) : ciŏk
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : chio̍h / chio̍k / chiok
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : ziag4
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 8 zhiaq / 8 ziaq / 8 dziaq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : zio6 / cio4
Note :
jiáo - vernacular;
jué - literary;
jiào - only used in 倒嚼 , 反嚼 or 回嚼 .
Note :
zoek3/zoek6 - literary;
ziu6/zeu6 - vernacular (also written as 噍 or 𡁻 ).
Note :
diak2 - literary;
diau5 - vernacular (also written as 噍 ).
Note :
chiok/jiog5 - literary;
chheu/qiau4 - vernacular (also written as 噍 ).
Note :
chio̍h - vernacular;
chio̍k/chiok - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
嚼
Reading #
1/1
No.
7258
Phonetic component
爵
Rime group
藥
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
皭
Old Chinese
/*zewɢ/
Definitions
嚼
( transitive ) to chew ; to masticate ; to crunch
嚼 口香糖 ― jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng ― to chew chewing gum
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
嚼 (“to chew”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
嚼
( Hokkien ) to chatter ; to prattle ; to talk incessantly ( used mainly in compounds )
嚼 嚼 叫 chia̍uh -chia̍uh -kiò to chatter without ceasing
( 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.
( Taiwanese Hokkien , music , dated ) paiban ( played by hitting it on one's palm or knee )
( Taiwanese Hokkien , music , dated ) sound of a paiban
( Taiwanese Hokkien , music , dated ) to play the paiban
( 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
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嚼
(Hyōgai kanji )
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嚼 • (jak ) (hangeul 작 , revised jak, McCune–Reischauer chak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嚼 : Hán Nôm readings: tước
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