咶

咶 U+54B6, 咶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54B6 ← 咵 [U+54B5] CJK Unified Ideographs 咷 → [U+54B7]

Translingual

Han character

咶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口竹十口 (RHJR), four-corner 6206₄, composition ⿰口舌)

1. to gasp for breath
2. wheeze
3. to take a breather
4. breath, smell, odor

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 187, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3558
• Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 617, character 6
• Unihan data for U+54B6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		咶
alternative forms		𠳂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huài, shì (huai⁴, shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˋ, ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huài
    • Wade–Giles: huai⁴
    • Yale: hwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huay
    • Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waat⁶
    • Yale: waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xweajH, xwaejH, hwaet

Rime
Character	咶	咶	咶
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	夬 (30)	黠 (72)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II	II
Fanqie	火怪切	火夬切	下刮切
Baxter	xweajH	xwaejH	hwaet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuɛiH/	/hˠuaiH/	/ɦˠuat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæiH/	/hʷᵚaiH/	/ɦʷᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐiH/	/xuaiH/	/ɣuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨjH/	/hwaɨjsH/	/ɦwaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/xuɛiH/	/xuaiH/	/ɣuat̚/
Wang Li	/xwɐiH/	/xwæiH/	/ɣwat̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwăiH/	/xwaiH/	/ɣwăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huài	huài	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai3	faai3	waat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰroːds/, /*ɡroːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咶	咶	咶
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7556	7557	7565
Phonetic component	桰	桰	桰
Rime group	祭	祭	月
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	𧱳	咶	頢
Old Chinese	/*qʰroːds/	/*qʰroːds/	/*ɡroːd/
Notes	見九思	見九思

Definitions

咶

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Usage notes

The reading huài is used for the definitions "to gasp for breath, wheeze, to take a breather," while shì is only used for the definitions "breath, smell, odor."

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 78

Japanese

Kanji

咶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): くうい (kūi)、け (ke)、くつ (kutsu)、けち (kechi)、くう (kū)、げ (ge)、しじ (shiji)
• Kun: いき (iki)、ねぶる (neburu)

Korean

Hanja

咶 • (si, hwal) (hangeul 시, 활, revised si, hwal, McCune–Reischauer si, hwal)

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