欶

欶 U+6B36, 欶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B36 ← 欵 [U+6B35] CJK Unified Ideographs 欷 → [U+6B37]

Translingual

Han character

欶 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木中弓人 (DLNO), four-corner 5798₂, composition ⿰束欠)

Derived characters

• 𠘂, 嗽, 嫰, 摗, 樕, 漱, 𤡃, 𧐁, 鏉, 𨱒, 𩌱
• 簌, 𦌊, 蔌, 𩮶, 𧫷, 𩐋, 𩞌, 𢹀, 瘶, 遬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 568, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16086
• Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2139, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6B36

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欶
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
涑	*sloː, *sloːɡ, *sloɡ
鏉	*sloː, *sloːɡs, *srus
摗	*sloː
駷	*sloːʔ, *sloŋʔ
嗽	*sloːɡs, *sroːɡ, *sloːɡ
瘶	*sloːɡs
欶	*sloːɡs, *sroːɡ
漱	*sloːɡs, *srus
捒	*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
悚	*sloŋʔ
竦	*sloŋʔ
娕	*sʰroːɡ
梀	*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
速	*sloːɡ
餗	*sloːɡ
殐	*sloːɡ
遬	*sloːɡ
蔌	*sloːɡ
樕	*sloːɡ
藗	*sloːɡ
誎	*sʰloɡ
束	*hljoɡ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *srəwk (“to suck, drink”) (STEDT, under PTB *s(y)awk). Compare Burmese သောက် (sauk, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuò, sòu (shuo⁴, sou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ, ㄙㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): suh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuò
    • Wade–Giles: shuo⁴
    • Yale: shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
    • Palladius: шо (šo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sòu
    • Wade–Giles: sou⁴
    • Yale: sòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sow
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sok³
    • Yale: sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: suh
    • Tâi-lô: suh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: suwH, sraewk

Rime
Character	欶	欶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	蘇奏切	所角切
Baxter	suwH	sraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/səuH/	/ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/səuH/	/ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/səuH/	/ʃɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səwH/	/ʂaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/suH/	/ʃɔk̚/
Wang Li	/səuH/	/ʃɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sə̯uH/	/ʂɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sòu	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3	sok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloːɡs/, /*sroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欶	欶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11866	11877
Phonetic component	束	束
Rime group	竇	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	瘶	朔
Old Chinese	/*sloːɡs/	/*sroːɡ/

Definitions

欶

1. to suck in
2. inhale

Japanese

Kanji

欶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to suck, to inhale

Readings

• On (unclassified): さく (saku)、しゅく (shuku)、すく (suku)
• Kun: すう (sū)

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

欶 • (sak) (hangeul 삭, revised sak, McCune–Reischauer sak, Yale sak)

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