尬

尬 U+5C2C, 尬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C2C ← 尫 [U+5C2B] CJK Unified Ideographs 尭 → [U+5C2D]

Translingual

Han character

尬 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大山人中中 (KUOLL), four-corner 4801₂, composition ⿺尢介)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7560
• Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 553, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5C2C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尬
alternative forms		魀

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
妎	*ɡaːds, *ɡeːds
芥	*kreːds
尬	*kreːds
界	*kreːds
介	*kreːds
疥	*kreːds
玠	*kreːds
砎	*kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd
魪	*kreːds
价	*kreːds
衸	*kreːds, *ɡreːds
齘	*ɡreːds
骱	*ɡaːd, *kreːd
扴	*kreːd
圿	*kreːd
忦	*kreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːds): semantic 尢 + phonetic 介 (OC *kreːds).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gà, jiè (ga⁴, jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kie

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gê⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): gái
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gai³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gà
    • Wade–Giles: ka⁴
    • Yale: gà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaai³
    • Yale: gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gê⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ke⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
    • Tâi-lô: kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ka
    • MiniDict: ka^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ka
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: keajH

Rime
Character	尬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古拜切
Baxter	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/kɐiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尬
Reading #	1/1
No.	6523
Phonetic component	介
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːds/

Definitions

尬

1. used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà)
2. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) short for 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà) [since 2010s]
   • 2022, 酵母GYM, 我的焦慮室友, Taipei: 時報文化出版, →ISBN, page 90:

     抱歉，昨天後來很尬，阿年還好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
     抱歉，昨天后来很尬，阿年还好吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     Bàoqiàn, zuótiān hòulái hěn gà, Ānián hái hǎo ma? [Pinyin]

     Sorry, yesterday it was pretty awks afterwards. Is Nian doing okay?

Compounds

• 不尷不尬 / 不尴不尬 (bùgānbùgà)
• 不尷尬 / 不尴尬
• 尬聊 (gàliáo)
• 尲尬
• 尷尬 / 尴尬

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 較 / 较.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gà (ga⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gà
    • Wade–Giles: ka⁴
    • Yale: gà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹/

Definitions

尬

1. (neologism) to compete

Compounds

• 尬歌 (gàgē)
• 尬舞 (gàwǔ)
• 尬酒

Japanese

Kanji

尬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)、かつ (katsu)、けち (kechi)
• Kun: あしなえ (ashinae)

Vietnamese

Han character

尬: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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