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噬

噬

噬 U+566C, 噬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-566C
← 噫
[U+566B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 噭 →
[U+566D]

Translingual

Han character

噬 (radical 30 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口竹一人 (RHMO), four-corner 68018, composition ⿰口筮)

  1. bite
  2. gnaw
  3. snap at

References

  • KangXi: page 210, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4382
  • Dae Jaweon: page 433, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 692, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+566C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 噬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (筮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
噬 *djads
筮 *djads
簭 *djads
澨 *djads
遾 *djads

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 噬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 時制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʑiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡ʑiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʑjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡ʑiajH/
Li
Rong		 /ʑiɛiH/
Wang
Li		 /ʑĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʑi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 噬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzyejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]e[t]-s/
English bite (v.)

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 噬
Reading # 1/1
No. 11657
Phonetic
component		 筮
Rime
group		 祭
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 逝
Old
Chinese		 /*djads/

Definitions

噬

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Compounds

  • 噬指棄薪／噬指弃薪
  • 噬膚／噬肤
  • 噬臍／噬脐
  • 噬臍何及／噬脐何及
  • 噬臍無及／噬脐无及
  • 噬臍莫及／噬脐莫及
  • 噬菌體／噬菌体
  • 擇肥而噬／择肥而噬
  • 狼吞虎噬
  • 貓噬鸚鵡／猫噬鹦鹉
  • 鯨吞虎噬／鲸吞虎噬

Japanese

Kanji

噬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

噬 • ‎(seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune-Reischauer sŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噬 (phè)

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