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

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/

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	/səu^H/	/ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/səu^H/	/ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/səu^H/	/ʃɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səw^H/	/ʂaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/su^H/	/ʃɔk̚/
Wang Li	/səu^H/	/ʃɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sə̯u^H/	/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

to suck in
inhale

Japanese

Kanji

欶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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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