掐
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Translingual
Han character
掐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手弓竹難 (QNHX), four-corner 57077, composition ⿰扌臽)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12253
- Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1902, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6390
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
掐 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 掐 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 萏 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 窞 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 惂 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 輡 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 錎 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 埳 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 臽 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 淊 | *ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ |
| 欿 | *ɡloːmʔ |
| 蜭 | *ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms |
| 啗 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 鵮 | *ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms |
| 餡 | *ɡroːms |
| 陷 | *ɡroːms |
| 爓 | *ljom, *loms |
| 諂 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 讇 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 閻 | *lom |
| 焰 | *loms |
| 壛 | *lom |
| 櫩 | *lom |
| 燄 | *lomʔ |
| 掐 | *kʰroːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰroːb) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms).
It may alternatively be interpreted as an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 手 (“hand”) + 臽 (“hole”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): haap3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khang
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiap / khap
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7khaq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cia
- Wade–Giles: chʻia1
- Yale: chyā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chia
- Palladius: ця (cja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: haap3
- Yale: haap
- Cantonese Pinyin: haap8
- Guangdong Romanization: hab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khang
- Hakka Romanization System: kang
- Hagfa Pinyim: kang4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiap
- Tâi-lô: khiap
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiab
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiap̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiap̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khap
- Tâi-lô: khap
- Phofsit Daibuun: qab
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note:
- khiap - vernacular;
- khap - literary.
- Middle Chinese: kheap
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰroːb/
Definitions
掐
- to pinch
- to strangle
- to put out (a cigarette)
- to cut out (a video recording, so it will not be published, usually when shooting a movie or TV program)
Compounds
Descendants
- → Khmer: កៀប (kiəp) (via Hokkien khiap)
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
掐: Hán Nôm readings: kháp, khắp
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