欼

欼 U+6B3C, 欼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B3C ← 欻 [U+6B3B] CJK Unified Ideographs 欽 → [U+6B3D]

Translingual

Han character

欼 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水水水水人 (EEEEO), four-corner 1748₂, composition ⿰叕欠)

1. to bite, to chew
2. gobble up, gulp down

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 568, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16103
• Dae Jaweon: page 957, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2144, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蝃	*tɯːds, *tjod
欼	*sʰrɯʔ
綴	*tods, *tod
醊	*tods, *tod
畷	*tods, *tod
啜	*tods, *djods, *tod, *tʰjod, *djod
餟	*tods, *tod
腏	*tods, *toːd, *tod
錣	*tods, *rtoːd
輟	*tods, *tod
娺	*tul, *rtoːd
窡	*rtoːd, *rtoːd
鵽	*rtoːd, *rtoːd, *toːd
掇	*toːd, *tod
剟	*toːd, *tod
裰	*toːd
敠	*toːd, *sʰlod
惙	*tod
罬	*tod, *ktod
叕	*tod
歠	*tʰjod
逫	*tud

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐ (chi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci², syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³
    • Yale: chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci², syut³
    • Yale: chí, syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi², syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi², xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /syːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhiX

Rime
Character	欼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初紀切
Baxter	tsrhiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欼
Reading #	1/1
No.	17777
Phonetic component	叕
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𠟴
Old Chinese	/*sʰrɯʔ/
Notes	集韻右從已爲正體， 應爲從啜省巳聲之字， 本非叕聲

Definitions

欼

1. (Cantonese) to use one's teeth and hands to break something such as a string