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咬
咬
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See also: 齩
Translingual
Han character
咬 (radical 30 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口卜金大 (RYCK), four-corner 60048, composition ⿰口交)
References
- KangXi: page 186, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3543
- Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 621, character 2
- Unihan data for U+54AC
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
咬 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 烄 | *keːws, *kreːwʔ |
| 礮 | *pʰreːws |
| 交 | *kreːw |
| 郊 | *kreːw |
| 茭 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 蛟 | *kreːw |
| 鮫 | *kreːw |
| 鵁 | *kreːw |
| 咬 | *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw |
| 鉸 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws |
| 佼 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 詨 | *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 絞 | *kreːwʔ |
| 狡 | *kreːwʔ |
| 姣 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 筊 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 校 | *kreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 珓 | *kreːws |
| 跤 | *kʰreːw |
| 頝 | *kʰreːw |
| 骹 | *kʰraːw |
| 齩 | *ŋɡreːwʔ |
| 洨 | *ɡreːw |
| 胶 | *ɡreːw |
| 效 | *ɡreːws |
| 効 | *ɡreːws |
| 傚 | *ɡreːws |
| 皎 | *keːwʔ |
| 恔 | *keːwʔ |
| 晈 | *keːwʔ |
| 窔 | *qeːws |
| 駮 | *pqreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw) : semantic 口 + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngâu
- Min Dong (BUC): gâ / ngāu
- Min Nan (POJ): gáu / ngáu / kǎ / kā
- Wu (Wiktionary): ngau (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: yao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
- IPA (key): /i̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngaau5
- Yale: ngáauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau5
- IPA (key): /ŋɑːu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngâu
- Hakka Romanization System: ngau´
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngau1
- IPA: /ŋa̯u²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gâ / ngāu
- IPA (key): /kɑ²⁴²/, /ŋau³³/
- Note: gâ - vernacular; ngāu - literary.
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gáu
- Tâi-lô: gáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: gao
- IPA (Quanzhou): /gaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngáu
- Tâi-lô: ngáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngao
- IPA (Taipei): /ŋaʊ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋaʊ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ŋaʊ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋaʊ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǎ
- Tâi-lô: kǎ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ka²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kā
- Tâi-lô: kā
- Phofsit Daibuun: ka
- IPA (Taipei): /ka³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ka²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka²²/
- Note: gáu/ngáu - literary; kǎ/kā - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ngau (T3)
- IPA (key): /ŋɔ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 咬 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /iɑu²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /iau²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /iɑu¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /iɔ⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /iɔ⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /iau⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /niau⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /ȵiɔ⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /iɔ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /iɔ⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ȵiɔ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan |
/iau⁴²/ /ŋau⁴²/ |
|
| Chengdu |
/ŋau⁵³/ /ȵiau⁵³/ |
|
| Guiyang |
/ŋao⁴²/ 老 /niao⁴²/ |
|
| Kunming | /iɔ⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /iɔo²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /iɔ²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niau⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵiɔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /niɔ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai |
/ŋɔ²³/ /ɦiɔ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ŋæ³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔiɔ⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ŋuɔ³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/ŋɔ³⁵/ /ŋo³⁵/ /iɔ³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /ŋo²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/ʐau⁴¹/ /ŋau⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /ŋaɯ⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋɑu²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋau⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /ŋɑu²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ŋau²³/ |
| Nanning | /ŋɛu²⁴/ | |
| Hong Kong | /ŋau¹³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/gau⁵³/ /ŋau⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) |
/ŋau³²/ /kɑ²⁴²/ |
|
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kau⁴²/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ka³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /ka³³/ |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 咬 | 咬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 古肴切 | 於交切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠau/ | /ʔˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚau/ | /ʔᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kau/ | /ʔau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kaɨw/ | /ʔaɨw/ |
| Li Rong |
/kau/ | /ʔau/ |
| Wang Li |
/kau/ | /au/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kau/ | /ʔau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiāo | yāo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 咬 | 咬 | 咬 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 6302 | 6320 | 6334 |
| Phonetic component |
交 | 交 | 交 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
交 | 齩 | 䫜 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kreːw/ | /*ŋɡreːwʔ/ | /*qreːw/ |
| Notes | 齩俗或體 | ||
Definitions
咬
- to bite; to snap at; to gnaw
- to incriminate; to accuse
- to articulate; to pronounce
- to be nitpicking on words
- (neologism, euphonism) Alternative form of 口交 (kǒujiāo, “oral sex; to perform oral sex on”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
咬
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
咬 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)
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