嘵

See also: 哓

嘵 U+5635, 嘵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5635 ← 嘴 [U+5634] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘶 → [U+5636]

Translingual

Han character

嘵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口土土山 (RGGU), four-corner 6401₁, composition ⿰口堯)

1. fear
2. shout garrulously
3. argue, querulous
4. chatter

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4259
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 680, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5635

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋeːw) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology 1

trad.		嘵
simp.		哓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xew

Rime
Character	嘵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	許幺切
Baxter	xew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heu/
Pan Wuyun	/heu/
Shao Rongfen	/xeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛw/
Li Rong	/xeu/
Wang Li	/xieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘵
Reading #	1/1
No.	14697
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	膮
Old Chinese	/*hŋeːw/

Definitions

嘵

1. a cry of alarm
2. querulous

Etymology 2

trad.		嘵
simp.		哓
alternative forms		咻 曉／晓 僥／侥

From 休 (MC xjuw, “to rest; to stop”) (Kwok and Kataoka, 2006; Gan and Zhao, 2013).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹ / heu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hiu¹ / heu¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹ / heu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /hɛːu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嘵

1. (Cantonese, dated or dialectal) Perfective aspect particle.

   • 噉就俾手摸吓佢背脊個女人嘅腰骨就直嘵卽時多謝上帝 [Cantonese, trad.]
     噉就俾手摸吓佢背脊个女人嘅腰骨就直哓即时多谢上帝 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1864, William Lobscheid, Select Phrases and Reading Lessons in the Canton Dialect, pages 66–67

     gam² zau⁶ bei² sau² mo² haa⁵ keoi⁵ bui³ zek³ go³ neoi⁵ jan^4-2 ge³ jiu¹ gwat¹ zau⁶ zik⁶ hiu¹ zik¹ si⁴ do¹ ze⁶ soeng⁶ dai³ [Jyutping]

     He then touched her with his hands, and her back grew straight, and she began to praise God.

   • 你知佢去邊處唔呢出唨街去嘵街 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你知佢去边处唔呢出唨街去哓街 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1877, 《散語四十章》, chapter 3

     nei⁵ zi¹ keoi⁵ heoi³ bin¹ syu³ m⁴ ne¹ ceot¹ zo² gaai¹ heoi³ hiu¹ gaai¹ [Jyutping]

     Do you know where he is going? He went out, went out

   • 唔見嘵咯 [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔见哓咯 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1888, James Dyer, Cantonese Made Easy

     m⁴ gin³ hiu¹ lok³ [Jyutping]

     It is lost.

   • 農夫執住佢來打、令佢空手去嘵。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     农夫执住佢来打、令佢空手去哓。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1927, 《新約全書中西字：廣東話新譯本、美國新譯英文》, 馬可 (Mark) 12:3

     nung⁴ fu¹ zap¹ zyu⁶ keoi⁵ loi⁴ daa², ling⁶ keoi⁵ hung¹ sau² heoi³ hiu¹. [Jyutping]

     And they [the husbandmen] took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

   • 個隻狗走嘵入廚房 [Cantonese, trad.]
     个只狗走哓入厨房 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1931, Albert Andrew Fulton, Progressive and Idiomatic Sentences in Cantonese Colloquial

     go³ zek³ gau² zau² hiu¹ jap⁶ cyu⁴ fong^4-2 [Jyutping]

     That dog went into the kitchen.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 了 (“(perfective particle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		矣1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		了
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	了
	Taiwan	了
	Harbin	了
	Malaysia	了
	Singapore	了
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	了
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	了
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	了
	Wanrong	嘮
	Xi'an	咧
	Xuzhou	了
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	了
	Ürümqi	咧
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	了
	Wuhan	了
	Guiyang	了
	Guilin	了
	Liuzhou	了
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	了
	Yangzhou	了
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咗, 嘵 obsolete
	Hong Kong	咗
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	咗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	咗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	耗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	好
	Macau	咗, 敲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	咗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	咗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	咗
	Foshan	咗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	咗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	咗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	哺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	咗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	誒, 咗
	Taishan	誒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	誒
	Enping (Niujiang)	誒
	Dongguan	敲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	好
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	後, 咗
	Qingyuan	咗
	Fogang	咗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	咗
	Shaoguan	咗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	咗
	Renhua	咗
	Lechang	咗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	咗
	Xinxing	標
	Luoding	咗
	Yangjiang	都
	Nanning	嗮
	Nanning (Tanka)	嗮
	Wuzhou	啊
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	了
	Guiping	畢
	Guiping (Mule)	開, 了
	Pingnan	開
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	開
	Guigang (Pingdong)	開, 了
	Beihai	了
	Beihai (Nankang)	了
	Beihai (Yingpan)	了
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	了, 咗
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	咗
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	了, 咗
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咗
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	咗
	Móng Cái	了, 咗
Gan	Nanchang	了
	Lichuan	了
Hakka	Meixian	了
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	拋, 阿
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	開
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	開
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	開
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	哩
	Yudu	了
	Hong Kong	開
	Senai (Huiyang)	開
	Kuching (Hepo)	了
Huizhou	Jixi	了
Jin	Taiyuan	咾
	Xinzhou	咾
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	了
Northern Min	Jian'ou	了
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	了, 𡅏
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	了
	Singapore (Hokkien)	了
	Manila (Hokkien)	了, 囉
	Chaozhou	了
	Shantou	了
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	了
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	了
Wu	Shanghai	仔, 了
	Shanghai (Chongming)	仔
	Suzhou	仔
	Hangzhou	得, 了
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	得, 了
	Ningbo	仔
	Wenzhou	爻
	Jinhua	了

Japanese

Kanji

嘵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. garrulous
2. disturbed
3. restless

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 嘵れる)

Korean

Hanja

嘵 • (hyo) (hangeul 효, revised hyo, McCune–Reischauer hyo)

1. fear
2. argue, dispute
3. noisy

Vietnamese

Han character

嘵: Hán Nôm readings: nghêu

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