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, 漱, 𤡃, 遬, 樕, 𧐁, 鏉(𨱒), 𩌱, 蔌, 𦌊, 簌, 𩮶, 瘶, 𧫷, 𩐋, 𩞌, 𢹀

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
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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 *s(y)awk (“breast; to suck, drink”) (STEDT). Compare Burmese သောက် (sauk, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuò, sòu (shuo⁴, sou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ, ㄙㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): suh

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• 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/

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• 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	/səuH/	/ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/səuH/	/ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/səuH/	/ʃɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səwH/	/ʂaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/suH/	/ʃɔk̚/
Wang Li	/səuH/	/ʃɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sə̯uH/	/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

1. to suck in
2. inhale

Japanese

Kanji

欶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. 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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