歙

歙 U+6B59, 歙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B59 ← 歘 [U+6B58] CJK Unified Ideographs 歚 → [U+6B5A]

Translingual

Han character

歙 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓人 (OMNO), four-corner 8718₂, composition ⿰翕欠)

1. to suck

References

• KangXi: page 572, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16204
• Dae Jaweon: page 960, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2151, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6B59

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Chinese

trad.		歙
simp. #		歙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xié (xi¹, xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): xiq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹
    • Yale: kāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xiq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠiɪp̚/

Rime
Character	歙
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侵 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許及切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjip̚/
Li Rong	/xjəp̚/
Wang Li	/xĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)[ə]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrub/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ xip ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)[ə]p/
English	contract (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	歙
Reading #	2/2
No.	5003
Phonetic component	合
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	吸
Old Chinese	/*qʰrub/

Definitions

歙

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Compounds

• 歙歙
• 歙肩

• 歙赩
• 歙張／歙张

• 歙漆阿膠／歙漆阿胶
• 歙硯／歙砚

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shè (she⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shè
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴
    • Yale: shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³
    • Yale: sip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇp̚/

Rime
Character	歙
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鹽 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書涉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiap̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰjob/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歙
Reading #	1/2
No.	4996
Phonetic component	合
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	攝
Old Chinese	/*qʰjob/

Definitions

歙

1. (～縣) She County (a county of Huangshan, Anhui, China)

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Japanese

Kanji

歙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. come together
2. meet
3. put away
4. store

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}; しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きふ (kifu, historical)}; しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kun: すう (suu, 歙う)

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Korean

Hanja

歙 (eum 흡 (heup))

1. to suck

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Vietnamese

Han character

歙: Hán Nôm readings: hấp, sợ, thiệp

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