See also:
U+54D9, 哙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54D9

[U+54D8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54DA]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口人一戈 (ROMI), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 189, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 619, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+54D9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from ().

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“swallow down; mouth of birds or beasts; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: khoái[1]
: Nôm readings: gọi[1][2][3], hỏi[1][2][3], còn[1], gũi[1], gội[3]

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, gọi): semantic (mouth) + phonetic (cối). Equivalent to a variant of .

Verb

• (gọi)

  1. chữ Nôm form of gọi (to call; to hail; to name)
    • 1903, Vương Duy Trinh, Thanh Hoá quan phong (清化觀風), page 42
      土音丐𨨨𱺵丐鏛𡦂悪切買𡦂固義𱺵空固拱如㗂京𱺵怒㗂西𱺵𩛂
      Thổ âm gọi cái ‘chiêng’ là cái ‘thường’; chữ ‘ố’ thiết với chữ ‘có’ nghĩa là “không có”, cũng như tiếng Kinh là ‘nỏ’, tiếng Tây là ‘no’.
      In the local speech, gongs are called ‘thường’, and ‘ó’ (which is spelt with + ’) means “no”, similar to ‘nỏ’ in Vietnamese and ‘no(n)’ in French.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, hỏi): semantic (mouth) + phonetic (hội). Equivalent to a variant of .

Verb

• (hỏi)

  1. chữ Nôm form of hỏi (to ask)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Trần (2004).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).