嚊

嚊 U+568A, 嚊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-568A ← 嚉 [U+5689] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚋 → [U+568B]

Translingual

Han character

嚊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口竹山中 (RHUL), composition ⿰口鼻)

1. to pant
2. wife

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4467
• Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 696, character 17
• Unihan data for U+568A

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箅	*piːds, *pids
濞	*pʰiːds, *pʰrids
畀	*pids
痹	*pids
淠	*pʰrids
嚊	*pʰrids
鼻	*blids
襣	*bids

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 嚊 – see 嗅 (“to smell; to scent”). (This character is an ancient form of 嗅).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嚊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phijH

Rime
Character	嚊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹備切
Baxter	phijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰjiH/
Li Rong	/pʰjiH/
Wang Li	/pʰiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrids/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚊
Reading #	1/1
No.	610
Phonetic component	畀
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	濞
Old Chinese	/*pʰrids/

Definitions

嚊

1. The sound of breathing.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		嚊

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): be⁶ / bei⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: be⁶ / bei⁶
    • Yale: beh / beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be⁶ / bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé⁶ / béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː²²/, /pei̯²²/

Definitions

嚊

1. (Cantonese, dated) Sentence-final particle. (clarification of this definition is needed)
   • 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, page 82:

     好唎，享淸福⿰口理嚊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     好唎，享清福⿰口理嚊！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     hou² le³, hoeng² cing¹ fuk¹ le¹ be⁶! [Jyutping]

     Ah truly, it is delightful to dwell in calm retirement!

   • 1866, 花波 [Mary Lucy French], transl., 《述史淺譯》 [Bible History for the Least and the Lowest]‎, volume 4, 雙門底福音堂, page 87:

     耶穌話、眞係有人摩我呀、見我自己身上有異能顯出嚊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣话、真系有人摩我呀、见我自己身上有异能显出嚊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     je⁴ sou¹ waa⁶, zan¹ hai⁶ jau⁵ jan⁴ mo¹ ngo⁵ aa³, gin³ ngo⁵ zi⁶ gei² san¹ soeng⁶ jau⁵ ji⁶ nang⁴ hin² ceot¹ be⁶. [Jyutping]

     Jesus answered, "Some body has touched me, for I feel that virtue is gone out of me."

   • 1923, 夢餘生, “人唔係易做”, in 《新粵謳解心》, 辛酉稿, page 5v:

     知心嚊唔得幾箇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     知心嚊唔得几个。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zi¹ sam¹ be⁶ m⁴ dak¹ gei² go³. [Jyutping]

     Close friends, there aren't many of them.

   • 1992, 《逃學威龍2》 [Fight Back to School II]‎, spoken by 何老師之母 [Mother of Miss Ho] (譚倩紅 [Sin-hung Tam]):

     冇法啦，個女似我嚊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     冇法啦，个女似我嚊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mou⁵ faat³ laa¹, go³ neoi^5-2 ci⁵ ngo⁵ be⁶. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		嚊
alternative forms		𫫢 被 備／备 𡀠

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ / bi⁶ / be⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ / bi⁶ / be⁶
    • Yale: beih / bih / beh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ / bi⁶ / be⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ / bi⁶ / bé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/, /piː²²/, /pɛː²²/

Definitions

嚊

1. (Cantonese, dated) or
   • 1888, 《約翰傳問答》‎:

     耶穌就勸佢哋、唔好因世上嘅物件唔論食物嚊錢財嚟掛慮、共勞苦、應該要掛住永生嘅糧、卽係天上嘅福係人子有能俾過佢哋嘅 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣就劝佢哋、唔好因世上嘅物件唔论食物嚊钱财嚟挂虑、共劳苦、应该要挂住永生嘅粮、即系天上嘅福系人子有能俾过佢哋嘅 [Cantonese, simp.]

     je⁴ sou¹ zau⁶ hyun³ keoi⁵ dei⁶, m⁴ hou² jan¹ sai³ soeng⁶ ge³ mat⁶ gin^6-2 m⁴ leon⁶ sik⁶ mat⁶ bei⁶ cin⁴ coi⁴ lai⁴ gwaa³ leoi⁶, gung⁶ lou⁴ fu², jing¹ goi¹ jiu³ gwaa³ zyu⁶ wing⁵ sang¹ ge³ loeng⁴, zik¹ hai⁶ tin¹ soeng⁶ ge³ fuk¹ hai⁶ jan⁴ zi² jau⁵ nang⁴ bei² gwo³ keoi⁵ dei⁶ ge³ [Jyutping]

     Jesus exhorted them not to worry and labour for wordly things, whether it be food or money, but to remember the Bread of Eternal Life; that is, the Son of Man has the power to give them blessings from Heaven

   • 1923, 夢餘生, “和頭酒”, in 《新粵謳解心》, 癸亥稿, page 4v:

     你遞高脚箇陣時佢就知到你疴屎嚊疴尿咯。蠢才。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你递高脚个阵时佢就知到你疴屎嚊疴尿咯。蠢才。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ dai⁶ gou¹ goek³ go² zan⁶ si⁴ keoi⁵ zau⁶ zi¹ dou³ nei⁵ o¹ si² bei⁶ o¹ niu⁶ lo³. ceon² coi⁴. [Jyutping]

     When you lift up your legs, he would know if you are pooping or peeing, you fool.

Compounds

• 嚊係 / 嚊系

Japanese

Kanji

嚊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wife

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: はないき (hanaiki)、かか (kaka)、あえぎ (aegi)

References

• “^▲嚊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

嚊 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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