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U+54AC, 咬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AC

[U+54AB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54AD]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口卜金大 (RYCK), four-corner 60048, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3543
  • Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 621, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+54AC

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *kreːw).

(oral sex): Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : + .

Etymology 1

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alternative forms

Perhaps Sino-Tibetan; compare Chepang ङेव्‍ह्‌सा (ŋewh-, to nibble) (Schuessler, 2007). The Min vernacular readings are reminiscent of Proto-Tai *giəwꟲ (to chew), whence Thai เคี้ยว (kíao) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gâ - vernacular;
  • ngāu - literary.
Note:
  • kā/kǎ - vernacular;
  • ngáu/gáu - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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/
/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 (Hokkien) /gau⁵³/
/ŋau⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋau³²/
/kɑ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kau⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /ka³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ka³³/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3
No. 6320
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡreːwʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. to bite; to snap at; to gnaw
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Yī tiáo gǒu yǎole tā de tuǐ. [Pinyin]
    A dog snapped at his leg.
    響尾蛇 [MSC, trad.]
    响尾蛇 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā bèi xiǎngwěishé yǎoguo. [Pinyin]
    He had been bitten by a rattlesnake.
  2. to incriminate; to accuse
    被告什麼招認什麼 [MSC, trad.]
    被告什么招认什么 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhàn zài bèigào xí shàng, shénme dōu zhāorèn, shénme rén dōu yǎo. [Pinyin]
    He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody.
  3. to articulate; to pronounce
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè ge zì tā yǎo dé hěn zhǔn. [Pinyin]
    He can pronounce this word correctly.
  4. to be nitpicking on words
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Bié lǎo yǎo zhù wǒ nà jù huà bù fàng. [Pinyin]
    Don't keep nagging me about that remark of mine.
  5. (of dog) to bark
  6. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) itchy
  7. (neologism, slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of 口交 (kǒujiāo, oral sex; to perform oral sex on)
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/kau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨw/
Li
Rong
/kau/
Wang
Li
/kau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3
No. 6302
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːw/

Definitions

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  1. Only used in 咬咬.

Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (34)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter 'aew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨw/
Li
Rong
/ʔau/
Wang
Li
/au/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/3
No. 6334
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qreːw/

Definitions

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  1. Only used in 咬哇 and 哇咬.

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(gyo) (hangeul , revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: giảo, rao, ngẩu, ngấu, ngảo, ngảu, ngáu

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