噬

噬 U+566C, 噬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-566C ← 噫 [U+566B] CJK Unified Ideographs 噭 → [U+566D]

Translingual

Han character

噬 (radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口竹一人 (RHMO), four-corner 6801₈, composition ⿰口筮)

1. bite
2. gnaw
3. snap at

References

• KangXi: page 210, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4382
• Dae Jaweon: page 433, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 692, character 5
• Unihan data for U+566C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		噬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
噬	*djads
筮	*djads
簭	*djads
澨	*djads
遾	*djads

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shih4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai⁶
    • Yale: saih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sē
    • Tâi-lô: sē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇi^H/

Rime
Character	噬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]e[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djads/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	噬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]e[t]-s/
English	bite (v.)
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	噬
Reading #	1/1
No.	11657
Phonetic component	筮
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	逝
Old Chinese	/*djads/

Definitions

噬

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Compounds

• 侵噬
• 反噬 (fǎnshì)
• 吞噬 (tūnshì)
• 吞噬細胞／吞噬细胞 (tūnshì xìbāo)
• 啖噬
• 噬人菌

• 噬指棄薪／噬指弃薪
• 噬膚／噬肤
• 噬臍／噬脐
• 噬臍何及／噬脐何及
• 噬臍無及／噬脐无及
• 噬臍莫及／噬脐莫及

• 噬菌體／噬菌体 (shìjūntǐ)
• 巨噬細胞／巨噬细胞 (jùshìxìbāo)
• 擇肥而噬／择肥而噬
• 狼吞虎噬
• 貓噬鸚鵡／猫噬鹦鹉
• 鯨吞虎噬／鲸吞虎噬

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Japanese

Kanji

噬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜい (zei)
• Kun: かむ (kamu)

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Korean

Hanja

噬 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噬: Hán Nôm readings: phè

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