嗤

嗤 U+55E4, 嗤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E4 ← 嗣 [U+55E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗥 → [U+55E5]

Translingual

Han character

嗤 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口山一戈 (RUMI), four-corner 6203₆, composition ⿰口蚩)

1. laugh at, ridicule, sneer
2. snort

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4110
• Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 671, character 17
• Unihan data for U+55E4

Chinese

trad.		嗤
simp. #		嗤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
之	*tjɯ
芝	*tjɯ
志	*tjɯs
痣	*tjɯs
娡	*tjɯs
誌	*tjɯs
蚩	*tʰjɯ
妛	*tʰjɯ
嗤	*tʰjɯ
媸	*tʰjɯ
旹	*djɯ
滍	*diʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjɯ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 蚩 (OC *tʰjɯ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhi

Rime
Character	嗤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	赤之切
Baxter	tsyhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiə/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗤
Reading #	1/1
No.	17196
Phonetic component	之
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蚩
Old Chinese	/*tʰjɯ/

Definitions

嗤

1. to laugh at; to jeer; to sneer

Compounds

• 哈嗤
• 嗤之以鼻 (chīzhīyǐbí)
• 嗤嗤
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嗤詆／嗤诋
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ)
• 嗤騾子氣／嗤骡子气
• 嗤點／嗤点
• 噗嗤
• 巴嗤
• 打嗤
• 撲嗤／扑嗤 (pūchī)

 

Japanese

Kanji

嗤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. laugh
2. ridicule, mock, make fun of

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: わらう (warau, 嗤う)

Compounds

• 嗤笑(ししょう) (shishō)

Korean

Hanja

嗤 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗤: Hán Nôm readings: si, suy, xỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation