嗺

嗺	U+55FA, 嗺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55FA

← 嗹
[U+55F9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嗻 →
[U+55FB]

Translingual

Han character

嗺 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口山人土 (RUOG), four-corner 6201₄, composition ⿰口崔)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 204, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4149
Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 677, character 2
Unihan data for U+55FA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嗺	ʔslo, ʔsluːl, sluːl, ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ
催	*sʰluːl
璀	*sʰluːlʔ
皠	*sʰluːlʔ
漼	*sʰluːlʔ
鏙	*sʰluːlʔ
摧	*zluːl
崔	zluːl, sʰluːl
慛	*zluːl
槯	*zluːl
繀	*sluːls
膗	*zruːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslo, *ʔsluːl, *sluːl, *ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuī (zui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuei
  - Wade–Giles: tsui¹
  - Yale: dzwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuei
  - Palladius: цзуй (czuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹
  - Yale: chēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tswoj

Rime
Character	嗺
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	臧回切
Baxter	tswoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swəj/
Li Rong	/t͡suᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡suɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsluːl/, /*ʔslul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗺	嗺
Reading #	2/5	4/5
No.	1876	1889
Phonetic component	崔	崔
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	嗺
Old Chinese	/*ʔsluːl/	/*ʔslul/
Notes	見淮南子	集韻爲崔或體

Definitions

嗺

to purse one's lips to make a sound

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suī (sui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suei
  - Wade–Giles: sui¹
  - Yale: swēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
  - Palladius: суй (suj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: swoj

Rime
Character	嗺
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素回切
Baxter	swoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/suoi/
Shao Rongfen	/suɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swəj/
Li Rong	/suᴀi/
Wang Li	/suɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sluːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗺
Reading #	3/5
No.	1886
Phonetic component	崔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤗯
Old Chinese	/*sluːl/

Definitions

嗺

(historical, music) section of 大曲 (dàqǔ)
(alt. form 哸) to urge to drink (alcohol)

Compounds

嗺酒

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǐ (zui³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuěi
  - Wade–Giles: tsui³
  - Yale: dzwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoei
  - Palladius: цзуй (czuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: tswijX

Rime
Character	嗺
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	遵誄切
Baxter	tswijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swi^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sui^X/
Wang Li	/t͡swi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡swi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslulʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗺
Reading #	5/5
No.	1890
Phonetic component	崔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	濢
Old Chinese	/*ʔslulʔ/
Notes	崔分化字

Definitions

嗺

(historical dictionaries only, of the mouth) ugly
used in 摧嗺

References

羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “嗺”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00419

Japanese

Kanji

嗺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さい (sai)、すい (sui)、せ (se)
Kun: なげく (nageku, 嗺く)

Korean

Hanja

嗺 (eumhun 재촉할 최 (jaechokhal choe))

Tày

Verb

嗺 (transliteration needed) (Nôm form xoi)

Nôm form of xoi (“to dispatch”).

References

Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), “嗺 XOI”, in Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

Hán Nôm

嗺: Nôm readings: giỏi, rõi^[1], thòi^[2]

chữ Nôm form of giỏi (“skilled”)
chữ Nôm form of rõi
chữ Nôm form of thòi

References

^ Trần (2004).
^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

竹内与之助 [Takeuchi Yonosuke] (10 May 1988), “giỏi”, in 字喃字典 [Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, Chữ Nôm Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Japanese and Vietnamese), 1st edition, Tokyo: 大学書林 [Daigaku Syorin], via Nomfoundation.org, →ISBN, archived from the original on 28 July 2019, page 194

[gdhn-1] Trần (2004).

[taberd-2] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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