嗑

嗑 U+55D1, 嗑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55D1 ← 嗐 [U+55D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗒 → [U+55D2]

Translingual

Han character

嗑 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口土戈廿 (RGIT), four-corner 6401₇, composition ⿰口盍)

1. eat seeds
2. reproach
3. loquacious

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4068
• Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 2
• Unihan data for U+55D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗑
alternative forms		㗐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嗑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (盍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蓋	*kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb
盖	*kaːbs
溘	*kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb
搕	*qoːb
嗑	*kaːb, *ɡaːb
榼	*kʰaːb
磕	*kʰaːb, *kʰaːd
瞌	*kʰaːb
盍	*ɡaːb
闔	*ɡaːb
篕	*ɡaːb
熆	*ɡaːb
鰪	*qaːb
廅	*qaːb
圔	*qroːb
饁	*ɢrab

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè, kē, hé, xiā, xiá (ke⁴, ke¹, he², xia¹, xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ, ㄎㄜ, ㄏㄜˊ, ㄒㄧㄚ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ / haap³ / ngap¹ / hap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
    • Yale: kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé
    • Wade–Giles: ho²
    • Yale: hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sia
    • Wade–Giles: hsia¹
    • Yale: syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaap³ / haap³ / ngap¹ / hap⁶
    • Yale: gaap / haap / ngāp / hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ / haap⁸ / ngap⁷ / hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ / hab³ / ngeb¹ / heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/, /ŋɐp̚⁵/, /hɐp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hap, kap

Rime
Character	嗑	嗑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	盍 (144)	盍 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡臘切	古盍切
Baxter	hap	kap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑp̚/	/kɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑp̚/	/kɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑp̚/	/kɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦap̚/	/kap̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɑp̚/	/kɑp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɑp̚/	/kɑp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑp̚/	/kɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap6	gap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːb/, /*ɡaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗑	嗑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5074	5082
Phonetic component	盍	盍
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫦	盍
Old Chinese	/*kaːb/	/*ɡaːb/

Definitions

嗑

1. to crack between the teeth

   嗑瓜子  ―  kè guāzǐ  ―  to crack melon seeds

2. to talk; to gab

   嘮嗑／唠嗑  ―  làokē  ―  to chat

3. Alternative form of 喝

Compounds

• 嗑CP
• 嗑嗑
• 嗑牙
• 嗑牙料嘴
• 嗑瓜子
• 嗑藥／嗑药
• 嗑西北風／嗑西北风
• 嘮嗑／唠嗑
• 噬嗑 (shìhé)
• 閒嗑牙／闲嗑牙

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍p

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hop
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔp̚¹²¹/

Definitions

嗑

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to use the mouth to breathe (of a fish)

References

• “嗑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嗑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. eat seeds
2. reproach
3. loquacious

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}、ごう (gō)^{←がふ (gafu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: あう (au, 嗑う)、おしやべり (oshiyaberi)、かたる (kataru)、のむ (nomu, 嗑む)

Korean

Hanja

嗑 (eumhun 입다물 합 (ipdamul hap))
嗑 (eumhun 말이 많을 갑 (mari maneul gap))

1. eat seeds
2. reproach
3. loquacious

Vietnamese

Han character

嗑: Hán Nôm readings: hạp

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References

• Nom Foundation