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咳

咳

咳 U+54B3, 咳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54B3
← 咲
[U+54B2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咴 →
[U+54B4]

Translingual

Han character

咳 (radical 30 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口卜女人 (RYVO), four-corner 60082, composition ⿰口亥)

  1. cough

References

  • KangXi: page 187, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3555
  • Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 622, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+54B3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 咳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
該 *kɯː
垓 *kɯː
賅 *kɯː
陔 *kɯː
豥 *kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄 *kɯː, *krɯː
郂 *kɯː
姟 *kɯː
絯 *kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐 *kɯː
峐 *kɯː
侅 *kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲 *kɯː
頦 *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒 *kʰɯː
輆 *kʰɯːʔ
欬 *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋 *ŋɡɯːɡs
閡 *ŋɡɯːɡs
咳 *qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩 *ɡɯː
亥 *ɡɯːʔ
劾 *ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎 *krɯː
烗 *kʰrɯːɡs
骸 *ɡrɯː
駭 *ɡrɯːʔ
刻 *kʰɯːɡ
餩 *qɯːɡ
核 *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan ka/kha, which may be etymologically unrelated.

Rime
Character 咳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸來切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦəi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦəj/
Li
Rong		 /ɣᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hái
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 咳
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kài
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khojH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰˤək-s/
English cough

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 咳 咳
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4823 4825
Phonetic
component		 亥 亥
Rime
group		 之 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 咍 孩
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰɯː/ /*ɡɯː/
Notes 唉今字

Definitions

咳

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

咳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

咳 ‎(hiragana せき, romaji seki)

  1. a cough
    咳 (せき)が出 (で)る
    seki ga deru
    I have a cough.

Korean

Hanja

咳 • ‎(hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咳 (cay, hãy, hỡi, khái, gay, gây)

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