欶

Translingual

Han character

欶 (radical 76 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木中弓人 (DLNO), four-corner 5798₂, composition ⿰束欠)

1. to suck in
2. inhale

References

• KangXi: page 568, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16086
• Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2139, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6B36

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Cantonese

Hanzi

欶 (jyutping sok3, Yale sok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

欶 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to suck, to inhale

Readings

• On: さく (saku), しゅく (shuku), すく (suku)
• Kun: すう (suu)

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.

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Korean

Hanja

欶 (hangeul 삭, revised sak, McCune-Reischauer sak, Yale sak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

欶 (pinyin shuò (shuo4), Wade-Giles shuo⁴)

Last modified on 22 September 2012, at 01:31