嗄

嗄 U+55C4, 嗄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C4 ← 嗃 [U+55C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗅 → [U+55C5]

Translingual

Han character

嗄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一山水 (RMUE), four-corner 6104₇, composition ⿰口夏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4047
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 9
• Unihan data for U+55C4

Chinese

trad.		嗄
simp. #		嗄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
榎	*kraːʔ
廈	*sraːs, *ɡraːʔ
嗄	*sqʰraːs, *qraːds
夏	*ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sqʰraːs, *qraːds): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 夏 (OC *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shà (sha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shà
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴
    • Yale: shà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
    • Palladius: ша (ša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saa³
    • Yale: sa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraeH, 'aejH

Rime
Character	嗄	嗄
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	所嫁切	於犗切
Baxter	sraeH	'aejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠaH/	/ʔˠaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaH/	/ʔᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaH/	/ʔaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨH/	/ʔaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/ʃaH/	/ʔaiH/
Wang Li	/ʃaH/	/æiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂaH/	/ʔaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shà	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa3	aai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰraːs/, /*qraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗄	嗄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13451	13455
Phonetic component	夏	夏
Rime group	魚	祭
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	嗄	喝
Old Chinese	/*sqʰraːs/	/*qraːds/
Notes	見莊子	見莊子

Definitions

嗄

1. hoarse

Compounds

• 嘻嘻嗄嗄

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): á (a²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: á
    • Zhuyin: ㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: á
    • Wade–Giles: a²
    • Yale: á
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ar
    • Palladius: а (a)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa²
    • Yale: á
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: a²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

嗄

1. alternative form of 啊 (á), an interjection.

Compounds

• 嘻嘻嗄嗄

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): a (a⁵／a⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: a
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: å
    • Wade–Giles: a⁵
    • Yale: a
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .a
    • Palladius: а (a)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä/

Definitions

嗄

1. sentence-final particle and interjection expressing surprise

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
    • Yale: syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Definitions

嗄

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 嗄程
• 嗄飯 / 嗄饭

Pronunciation 5

• Eastern Min (BUC): hák

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑʔ²⁴/

Definitions

嗄

1. (Eastern Min) hoarse

Compounds

• 嗄嗄聲 / 嗄嗄声

Pronunciation 6

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sà

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sà
    • Tâi-lô: sà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sax
    • IPA (Taipei): /sa¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa²¹/

Definitions

嗄

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to gorge; to wolf down

Compounds

• 霧嗄嗄 / 雾嗄嗄 (bū-sà-sà) (Min Nan)

Pronunciation 7

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ / haak⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ / haak⁶
    • Yale: hah / haahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ / haak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ / hag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²²/, /haːk̚²/

Etymology

Contraction of 係啊 / 系啊.

Definitions

嗄

1. (Cantonese) Used to signify agreement.

References

• “嗄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “嗄”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 嗄

嗄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa)
• Kun: かれる (kareru)

Korean

Hanja

嗄 • (sa, ae) (hangeul 사, 애, revised sa, ae, McCune–Reischauer sa, ae)

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