欬

欬	U+6B2C, 欬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B2C

← 欫
[U+6B2B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

欭 →
[U+6B2D]

Translingual

Han character

欬 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜人弓人 (YONO), four-corner 0788₂, composition ⿰亥欠)

(variant of 咳) to cough
sound of laughter

Derived characters

𠺡, 𤸺

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 567, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16061
Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 37
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2139, character 5
Unihan data for U+6B2C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欬
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	kɯː, ɡɯː
荄	kɯː, krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	kɯː, ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	kɯː, kʰɯː, ɡɯːʔ, ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	kɯːʔ, ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	kʰɯːɡs, qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	qʰɯː, ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	ɡɯːɡs, kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	ɡuːd, ɡrɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds): phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) + semantic 欠.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kài, ké (kai⁴, ke²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˋ, ㄎㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kat¹ / koi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kài
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kài
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai⁴
  - Yale: kài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kay
  - Palladius: кай (kaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ké
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ké
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo²
  - Yale: ké
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ker
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kat¹ / koi³
  - Yale: kāt / koi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kat⁷ / koi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ked¹ / koi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐt̚⁵/, /kʰɔːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: khojH

Rime
Character	欬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦蓋切
Baxter	khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj^H/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤək-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	欬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kài
Middle Chinese	‹ khoj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁək-s/
English	cough
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	欬
Reading #	1/2
No.	4820
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	志
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磕
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːɡs/

Definitions

欬

alternative form of 咳 (“to cough”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ài
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴
  - Yale: ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
  - Palladius: ай (aj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: 'aejH

Rime
Character	欬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於犗切
Baxter	'aejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/ʔai^H/
Wang Li	/æi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欬
Reading #	2/2
No.	4839
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	喝
Old Chinese	/*qraːds/

Definitions

欬

(historical dictionaries only) belching

Japanese

Kanji

欬

(Hyōgai kanji)

cough
sound of laughter

Readings

On (unclassified): かい (kai)、き (ki)、がい (gai)
Kun: せき (seki)

Korean

Hanja

欬 (eum 해 (hae))

to cough

Vietnamese

Han character

欬: Hán Nôm readings: khái

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References

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