U+778C, 瞌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-778C

[U+778B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+778D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 109, +10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山土戈廿 (BUGIT), four-corner 64017, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 814, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23570
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1228, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2505, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+778C

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𱳃 Hainanese
Hokkien

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰaːb) : semantic (eye) + phonetic (OC *ɡaːb).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • khoeh/kheh/khereh - vernacular (“to close one's eyes”);
  • khap - literary.
Note: kag4 - Chenghai.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: koi7
      • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔi⁵⁵/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5079
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːb/

Definitions edit

  1. sleepy
  2. (Cantonese) to doze
  3. (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) to close (one's eyes)
  4. (Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to sleep

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): こう ()