欱

欱 U+6B31, 欱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B31 ← 欰 [U+6B30] CJK Unified Ideographs 欲 → [U+6B32]

Translingual

Han character

欱 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人口弓人 (ORNO), four-corner 8768₂, composition ⿰合欠)

1. to drink

Derived characters

• 𣹱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 567, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16071
• Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2138, character 18
• Unihan data for U+6B31

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欱
alternative forms		𣣹

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hē, xiá (he¹, xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³ / hap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: he
    • Wade–Giles: ho¹
    • Yale: hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hot³ / hap⁶
    • Yale: hot / hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸ / hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hod³ / heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³/, /hɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hap
    • Tâi-lô: hap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hab
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /hap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /hap̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: xop, xeap

Rime
Character	欱	欱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	合 (160)	洽 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	呼合切	呼洽切
Baxter	xop	xeap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʌp̚/	/hˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/həp̚/	/hᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒp̚/	/xɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həp̚/	/həɨp̚/
Li Rong	/xᴀp̚/	/xɐp̚/
Wang Li	/xɒp̚/	/xɐp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xăp̚/	/xăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	he	xia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap3	haap3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤ[ə]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰuːb/, /*qʰruːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	欱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hē
Middle Chinese	‹ xop ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁ[ə]p/
English	sip, drink
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欱	欱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4969	4991
Phonetic component	合	合
Rime group	緝	緝
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	欱	䶎
Old Chinese	/*qʰuːb/	/*qʰruːb/

Definitions

欱

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) feeling tight and uncomfortably squeezed (due to a small space)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to frighten or deceive by means of fabrication or exaggeration
3. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to eat in a big mouthful
4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to press from both sides; to place in between
   1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to capture with both hands together
5. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) clip; clamp

   欱仔 [Hokkien]  ―  hap-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  tongs; peg

6. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be weighed down by a heavy object
7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to place (a cup, bowl, etc.) upside down to catch something
8. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) to overpower someone and to have someone within one's control
9. (Jinjiang and Philippine Hokkien) to take a picture

Synonyms

• (to press from both sides): 夾／夹 (jiā)

Compounds

• 掌甲欱仔
• 欱仙
• 欱仔
• 欱像
• 欱價 / 欱价

Further reading

• “欱”, 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–

Vietnamese

Han character

欱: Hán Nôm readings: hát

1. chữ Nôm form of hát (“to sing”)

References

• Nom Foundation