喫

See also: 吃

喫	U+55AB, 喫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55AB

← 喪
[U+55AA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

喬 →
[U+55AC]

喫	U+2F848, 喫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F848

← 喙
[U+2F847]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

喳 →
[U+2F849]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

喫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹大 (RQHK), four-corner 6703₄, composition ⿰口契)

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 200, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3987
Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 648, character 7
Unihan data for U+55AB

Unihan data for U+2F848

Chinese[edit]

trad.		喫
simp.		吃^*
alternative forms		噄𡁒噭吔 (jaak3) Cantonese

Glyph origin[edit]

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

	Old Chinese
夆	pʰoŋ, boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	kʰjeds, ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	kʰeːds, kʰeːd, kʰeːd, kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	kreːd, sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	qreːd, kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	keːd, ɡeːd
鍥	keːd, kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hek³, jaak³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiak¹
Gan (Wiktionary): qiah⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷chiq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qia⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
  - Yale: chr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
  - Palladius: чи (či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³, jaak³
  - Yale: hek, yaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸, jaak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³, yag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³/, /jaːk̚³/

Note:

hek3 - literary;
jaak3 - vernacular.

(Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hiak¹
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiak̚³³/

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qiah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷chiq
  - MiniDict: chih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qia⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴/

Middle Chinese: khek

Rime
Character	喫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦擊切
Baxter	khek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰek̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喫
Reading #	1/1
No.	6520
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	燩
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ/
Notes	齧分化字

Definitions[edit]

喫

Alternative form of 吃 (“to eat; to suffer”)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	喫
Kyūjitai ^[1]	喫󠄁 喫+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	喫󠄆 喫+`󠄆`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

喫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

^ “喫”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 喫 (MC khek). Has unusual tensing, the only other such readings being 氏 (ssi) and 雙 (ssang).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 켝〮 (Yale: khyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 긱〮 (kík) (Yale: kík) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation[edit]

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈ik̚]
Phonetic hangul: [끽]

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

喫

Wikisource

喫 (eumhun 먹을/마실 끽 (meogeul/masil kkik))

Hanja form^? of 끽 (“eat”).
Hanja form^? of 끽 (“drink”).
Hanja form^? of 끽 (“suffer; endure; bear”).

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

끽겁 (喫怯, kkikgeop)
끽겁 (喫㥘, kkikgeop)
끽경 (喫驚, kkikgyeong)
끽고 (喫苦, kkikgo)
끽긴 (喫緊, kkikgin)
끽다 (喫茶, kkikda)
끽반 (喫飯, kkikban)
끽수 (喫水, kkiksu)
끽연 (喫煙, kkigyeon)
끽잔 (喫殘, kkikjan)
끽주 (喫酒, kkikju)
끽착 (喫着, kkikchak)
끽파 (喫破, kkikpa)
끽휴 (喫虧, kkikhyu)
돈끽 (頓喫, donkkik)
만끽 (滿喫, mankkik)
매끽 (賣喫, maekkik)
몰끽 (沒喫, molkkik)
병끽 (賆喫, byeongkkik)
수끽 (受喫, sukkik)
포끽 (飽喫, pokkik)
금끽연 (禁喫煙, geumkkigyeon)
끽관사 (喫官司, kkikgwansa)
끽긴사 (喫緊事, kkikginsa)
끽다점 (喫茶店, kkikdajeom)
끽반처 (喫飯處, kkikbancheo)
끽연실 (喫煙室, kkigyeonsil)
끽포락치 (喫泡落齒, kkikporakchi)
끽착부진 (喫着不盡, kkikchakbujin)

References[edit]

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]