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咦

咦

咦 U+54A6, 咦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A6
← 咥
[U+54A5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咧 →
[U+54A7]

Translingual

Han character

咦 (radical 30 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口大弓 (RKN), four-corner 65032, composition ⿰口夷)

  1. exclamation of surprise

References

  • KangXi: page 186, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3535
  • Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 614, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+54A6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 咦

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 咦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 喜夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hi/
Li
Rong		 /xi/
Wang
Li		 /xi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 咦
Reading # 1/1
No. 14861
Phonetic
component		 夷
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 咦
Old
Chinese		 /*hril/

Definitions

咦

  1. Used by itself to express confusion.
    咦，我的鑰匙呢？ / 咦，我的钥匙呢？  ―  Yí, wǒ de yàoshi ne?  ―  Huh? Where is my key?
    咦，他怎麼在這兒？ / 咦，他怎么在这儿？  ―  Yí, tā zěnme zài zhèr?  ―  Uh, why is he here?

Usage notes

咦 expresses a relatively neutral feeling.

Japanese

Kanji

咦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

咦 • ‎(i, jae) (hangeul 이, 재, revised i, jae, McCune-Reischauer i, chae)

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Etymology

Historical forms of the character 咦
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (夷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桋 *l'iːl, *lil
荑 *l'iːl, *lil
銕 *l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd
鴺 *l'iːl, *lil
鮧 *l'iːl, *lil
洟 *l̥ʰiːls, *lil
羠 *ljilʔ, *lil
咦 *hril
夷 *lil
姨 *lil
痍 *lil
峓 *lil
恞 *lil
眱 *lil
蛦 *lil
胰 *lil, *lɯ
跠 *lil

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