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嚼

嚼 U+56BC, 嚼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56BC
← 嚻
[U+56BB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚽 →
[U+56BD]

Translingual

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Han character

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嚼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口月田戈 (RBWI), four-corner 62046, composition ⿰口爵)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4602
  • Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+56BC

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 嚼
alternative forms 𪚅／𬺖
噍 (ziu6) Cantonese
𡁻 (ziu6) Cantonese

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (爵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
釂 *ʔsewɢs
皭 *ʔsewɢs, *zewɢ
爝 *ʔsewɢs, *ʔsewɢ, *zewɢ
爵 *ʔsewɢ
嚼 *zewɢ
穱 *ʔsreːwɢ
灂 *zreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zewɢ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 爵 (OC *ʔsewɢ).

Etymology 1

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Schuessler (2003) links this word with Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ (“to eat”). Also compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
Note:
  • zoek3/zoek6 - literary;
  • ziu6/zeu6 - vernacular (also written as 噍 or 𡁻).
Note:
  • diak2 - literary;
  • diau5 - vernacular (also written as 噍).
Note:
  • chiok/jiog5 - literary;
  • chheu/qiau4 - vernacular (also written as 噍).
Note:
  • chio̍h - vernacular;
  • chio̍k/chiok - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 嚼
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɑu³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕiau²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑu⁴⁵/
/t͡ɕye⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/
/t͡ɕyə⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡syə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡syo⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕyo²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕyu²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕye⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕyə⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕyɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕio²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕiau¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕiao²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕio³¹/
Nanjing /t͡soʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵/
/t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiau¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕiɔ³¹/ ～烂
/t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/ 倒～
Wu Shanghai /ʑiaʔ¹/
Suzhou /ziɑʔ³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiɑʔ²/
Wenzhou /ja²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰiɔ²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕio⁵/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sio²⁴/ ～頭
/t͡sʰio⁵⁵/ ～不爛
Xiangtan /t͡sʰio⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɔʔ²/ 瞎扯
Hakka Meixian /t͡siok̚¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sœk̚³/
Nanning /t͡sœk̚³³/
Hong Kong /t͡sœk̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡siɔk̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡suoʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡siɔ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡siak̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡siɔk̚⁵/
Rime
Character 嚼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 藥 (107)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 在爵切
Baxter dzjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ziɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ziɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɨak̚/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziak̚/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jué
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoek6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嚼
Reading # 1/1
No. 7258
Phonetic
component 		爵
Rime
group 		藥
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		皭
Old
Chinese 		/*zewɢ/

Definitions

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嚼

  1. (transitive) to chew; to masticate; to crunch
    嚼口香糖  ―  jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng  ―  to chew chewing gum

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 嚼 (“to chew”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 咀嚼
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嚼
Singapore 嚼
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 嚼
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 嚼
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 嚼
Wuhan 嚼
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 嚼
Hefei 噍
Cantonese Guangzhou 噍
Hong Kong 噍
Yangjiang 唵
Gan Nanchang 噍
Hakka Meixian 噍
Jin Taiyuan 咬, 喃
Northern Min Jian'ou 哺
Eastern Min Fuzhou 嚼
Southern Min Xiamen 哺
Quanzhou 哺
Jinjiang 哺
Zhangzhou 哺
Taipei 哺, 嗕
Taipei (Wanhua) 哺
New Taipei (Sanxia) 哺, 嗕
Kaohsiung 哺
Yilan 哺
Changhua (Lukang) 哺
Taichung 哺
Taichung (Wuqi) 哺
Tainan 哺
Taitung 咬
Hsinchu 哺
Kinmen 哺
Penghu (Magong) 哺
Manila (Hokkien) 哺
Chaozhou 哺
Jieyang 哺
Leizhou 哺
Haikou 哺
Wu Suzhou 嚼
Wenzhou 嚼
Xiang Changsha 嚼, 噍
Shuangfeng 嚼

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
 嚼
alternative forms 噭
𥬬
焦
啁

Pronunciation

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嚼

  1. (Hokkien) to chatter; to prattle; to talk incessantly (used mainly in compounds)
    嚼嚼叫 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
    chia̍uh-chia̍uh-kiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    to chatter without ceasing
    1. (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippine and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be fond of talking; to chatter
      伊閣咧嚼。 [Hokkien, trad.]
      伊阁咧嚼。 [Hokkien, simp.]
      I koh lé chhia̍uh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
      He's chattering again.
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) paiban (played by hitting it on one's palm or knee)
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) sound of a paiban
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, music, dated) to play the paiban
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) to jump in a bouncing way like a rabbit
    一直嚼來／一直嚼来 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  it-ti̍t chhia̍uh lâi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to come keeping on jumping in a bouncing way

Compounds

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Kanji

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嚼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: ざく (zaku)
  • Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
  • Kun: かむ (kamu, 嚼む)

Korean

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Hanja

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嚼 • (jak) (hangeul 작, revised jak, McCune–Reischauer chak)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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嚼: Hán Nôm readings: tước

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