齪

See also: 𮯇 and 龊

齪 U+9F6A, 齪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F6A ← 齩 [U+9F69] CJK Unified Ideographs 齫 → [U+9F6B]

Translingual

Traditional	齪
Shinjitai (extended)	𮯇
Simplified	龊

Han character

齪 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+7, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜山口卜人 (YURYO), four-corner 2678₁, composition ⿰齒足)

1. narrow, small
2. dirty

Derived characters

• 𥸛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1534, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48669
• Dae Jaweon: page 2072, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4795, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F6A

Chinese

trad.		齪
simp.		龊
alternative forms		齱／𱌶 𪘸 𪘏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
足	*ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ
莡	*sʰaːwɢ
捉	*ʔsoːɡ
齪	*sʰroːɡ, *sʰruɡ
娖	*zroːɡ
浞	*zroːɡ
鋜	*zroːɡ
趗	*sʰoːɡ, *sʰoɡ
珿	*sʰruɡ
哫	*ʔsoɡ
促	*sʰoɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuò (chuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴
    • Yale: chwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
    • Palladius: чо (čo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹
    • Yale: chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sak̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaewk

Rime
Character	齪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	江 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	測角切
Baxter	tsrhaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːɡ/, /*sʰruɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齪	齪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17918	17924
Phonetic component	足	足
Rime group	屋	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	娖	珿
Old Chinese	/*sʰroːɡ/	/*sʰruɡ/
Notes	注：開孔具。集韻以此爲正， 注齷齪迫也，見張衡賦	原齒在右，見漢書，此見史記

Definitions

齪

1. (obsolete) cautious; careful; meticulous
2. Used in 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò).

Compounds

• 卑鄙齷齪／卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò)
• 卑陋齷齪／卑陋龌龊
• 打齪／打龊
• 握齪／握龊 (wòchuò)
• 齪齪／龊龊
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chak
    • Tâi-lô: tsak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²/

Definitions

齪

1. (Hokkien) feeling stuffy and difficult to bear (due to being crowded, muggy, lacking in air circulation, etc.)
2. (Hokkien) vexed; annoyed; agitated (of one's mind)
3. (Hokkien) to disturb; to bother; to nag; to annoy (someone)
4. (Mainland China Hokkien) annoying; vexing (due to being complex)
5. (Teochew) to distract or disturb someone by being noisy

Compounds

• 齪喉／龊喉
• 齪嘈／龊嘈
• 齪死／龊死
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)
• 齷齪氣／龌龊气
• 齷齪火／龌龊火
• 齷齪熱／龌龊热

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮯇
Kyūjitai	齪

Kanji

齪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮯇)

1. grating the teeth

Readings

• Go-on: さく (saku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)
• Kan’yō-on: せく (seku)
• Kun: せまる (semaru, 齪る)

Korean

Hanja

齪 • (chak) (hangeul 착, revised chak, McCune–Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)

1. narrow, small
2. dirty