See also: 𮯎𮯇 and 龌龊

Chinese edit

dirty; small-minded
trad. (齷齪)
simp. (龌龊)

Pronunciation 1 edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (19)
Final () (10) (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter 'aewk tsrhaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠʌk̚/ /t͡ʃʰˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚɔk̚/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɔk̚/ /t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨwk̚/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔɔk̚/ /t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɔk̚/ /t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɔk̚/ /ʈ͡ʂʰɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yue chuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ok3 cok3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 13070 17918
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qroːɡ/ /*sʰroːɡ/
Notes

Adjective edit

齷齪

  1. filthy; dirty
  2. vile; despicable
  3. (literary) narrow (minded); small; confined
    alt. forms: 握齪握龊 (wòchuò)
Usage notes edit
Synonyms edit
  • (filthy):
  • (vile):
Derived terms edit

Pronunciation 2 edit


Adjective edit

齷齪

  1. (Hokkien) jittery; uncomfortable; irritable; agitated (due to being sultry weather, stuffy air, bad environmental conditions, etc.)
Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (齷齪):
  • Japanese: 齷齪(あくせく) (akuseku)
  • Korean: 악착(齷齪) (akchak)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あく
Hyōgaiji
せく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
𮯎𮯇 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝse̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb edit

(あく)(せく) (akuseku

  1. busily, fussily, worrying about small things

Usage notes edit

  • Takes the (to) particle.

Verb edit

(あく)(せく)する (akuseku surusuru (stem (あく)(せく) (akuseku shi), past (あく)(せく)した (akuseku shita))

  1. busy oneself, get worked up, worry oneself

Conjugation edit

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

齷齪 (akchak) (hangeul 악착)

  1. Hanja form? of 악착 (stubbornness; tenacity).