咥

咥 U+54A5, 咥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A5 ← 咤 [U+54A4] CJK Unified Ideographs 咦 → [U+54A6]

Translingual

Han character

咥 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口一戈土 (RMIG), four-corner 6101₄, composition ⿰口至)

1. sound of a cat, meow
2. bite
3. laugh

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3534
• Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 4
• Unihan data for U+54A5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		咥

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dit⁶
    • Yale: diht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: did⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: det

Rime
Character	咥
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒結切
Baxter	det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/det̚/
Wang Li	/diet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hriɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咥
Reading #	1/4
No.	17346
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	齂
Old Chinese	/*hriɡs/
Notes	又廣韻徒結切注火至切

Definitions

咥

1. bite

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³
    • Yale: hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhit, det

Rime
Character	咥	咥
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	眞 (49)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	丑栗切	徒結切
Baxter	trhit	det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪt̚/	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚit̚/	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiet̚/	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjit̚/	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjĕt̚/	/det̚/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭĕt̚/	/diet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ĕt̚/	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cat1	dit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hriɡs/, /*tʰiɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咥	咥
Reading #	1/4	4/4
No.	17346	17364
Phonetic component	至	至
Rime group	至	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	齂	抶
Old Chinese	/*hriɡs/	/*tʰiɡ/
Notes	又廣韻徒結切注火至切

Definitions

咥

1. risus, ridicule

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/

Definitions

咥

1. Only used in 咥咥.

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tet

Rime
Character	咥
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	丁結切
Baxter	tet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛt̚/
Li Rong	/tet̚/
Wang Li	/tiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	die
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咥
Reading #	2/4
No.	17349
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	窒
Old Chinese	/*tiːɡ/

Definitions

咥

1. Only used in 蛇咥.

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咥
Reading #	3/4
No.	17354
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	姪
Old Chinese	/*diːɡ/

Definitions

咥

1. to stop

Japanese

Kanji

咥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to laugh
2. to bite, to put/have in one's mouth

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki); でち (dechi)
• Kan-on: き (ki); てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: かむ (kamu, 咥む); くわえる (kuwaeru, 咥える); わらう (warau); とまる (tomaru)

Korean

Hanja

咥 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)

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