欬

欬 U+6B2C, 欬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B2C ← 欫 [U+6B2B] CJK Unified Ideographs 欭 → [U+6B2D]

Translingual

Han character

欬 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜人弓人 (YONO), four-corner 0788₂, composition ⿰亥欠)

1. (variant of 咳) to cough
2. sound of laughter

Derived characters

• 𠺡, 𤸺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 567, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16061
• Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2139, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6B2C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	*kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄	*kɯː, *krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds) : phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) + semantic 欠.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kài, ké (kai⁴, ke²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˋ, ㄎㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kat¹, koi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai⁴
    • Yale: kài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kay
    • Palladius: кай (kaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ké
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ké
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo²
    • Yale: ké
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ker
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kat¹, koi³
    • Yale: kāt, koi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kat⁷, koi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ked¹, koi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐt̚⁵/, /kʰɔːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khojH

Rime
Character	欬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦蓋切
Baxter	khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəjH/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kʰɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	欬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kài
Middle Chinese	‹ khojH ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁək-s/
English	cough
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欬
Reading #	1/2
No.	4820
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	志
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磕
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːɡs/

Definitions

欬

1. Alternative form of 咳 (“to cough”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aejH

Rime
Character	欬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於犗切
Baxter	'aejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/ʔaiH/
Wang Li	/æiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欬
Reading #	2/2
No.	4839
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	喝
Old Chinese	/*qraːds/

Definitions

欬

1. ^‡ belching

Japanese

Kanji

欬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cough
2. sound of laughter

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); き (ki); がい (gai)
• Kun: せき (seki)

Korean

Hanja

欬 (eum 해 (hae))

1. to cough

Vietnamese

Han character

欬: Hán Nôm readings: khái

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References

• Nom Foundation