喫

See also: 吃

喫 U+55AB, 喫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55AB ← 喪 [U+55AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 喬 → [U+55AC]

喫 U+2F848, 喫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F848 ← 喙 [U+2F847] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 喳 → [U+2F849]

Translingual

Han character

喫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹大 (RQHK), four-corner 6703₄, composition ⿰口契)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 200, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3987
• Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 648, character 7
• Unihan data for U+55AB

• Unihan data for U+2F848

Chinese

trad.		喫
simp.		吃*
alternative forms		噄 𡁒 噭 吔 (jaak3) Cantonese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 喫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hek³ / jaak³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiak¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): qiah⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷chiq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qia⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hek³ / jaak³
    • Yale: hek / yaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ / jaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ / yag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³/, /jaːk̚³/

Note:

• hek3 - literary;
• jaak3 - vernacular.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiak¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiak̚³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiah⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq
    • MiniDict: chih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qia⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khek

Rime
Character	喫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦擊切
Baxter	khek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰek̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喫
Reading #	1/1
No.	6520
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	燩
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ/
Notes	齧分化字

Definitions

喫

1. alternative form of 吃 (“to eat; to suffer”)

Compounds

• 一喫一添 / 一吃一添
• 喫東道 / 吃东道
• 喫淡酒 / 吃淡酒
• 喫甜頭 / 吃甜头
• 喫著不盡 / 吃著不尽
• 喫虎膽 / 吃虎胆
• 坐喫山崩 / 坐吃山崩
• 大喫一驚 / 大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
• 省喫儉用 / 省吃俭用 (shěngchījiǎnyòng)
• 硬喫 / 硬吃