# 咥

| 咥 | U+54A5, &#21669; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A5 |
| ← 咤 [U+54A4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咦 → [U+54A6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咥 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口一戈土 (RMIG), four-corner 6101$_4$, composition ⿰口至)
* sound of a cat, meow
* bite
* laugh

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3534
* Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 4
* Unihan data for U+54A5

## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dié (die$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dit$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dié
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dié
*** Wade–Giles: tieh$^2$
*** Yale: dyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
*** Palladius: де (de)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dit$^6$
*** Yale: diht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: did$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: det
Rime :
| Character | 咥 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 徒結切 |
| Baxter | det |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /det̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /det̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /det̚/ |
| Wang Li | /diet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dié |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hriɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咥 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| No. | 17346 |
| Phonetic component | 至 |
| Rime group | 至 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 齂 |
| Old Chinese | /*hriɡs/ |
| Notes | 又廣韻徒結切注火至切 |

#### Definitions

咥
* (obsolete, now dialectal) to bite; to eat

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xì (xi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sì
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^4$
*** Yale: syì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^3$
*** Yale: hei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: trhit, det
Rime :
| Character | 咥 | 咥 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 丑栗切 | 徒結切 |
| Baxter | trhit | det |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠiɪt̚/ | /det̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚit̚/ | /det̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiet̚/ | /dɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰjit̚/ | /dɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰjĕt̚/ | /det̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭĕt̚/ | /diet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ĕt̚/ | /dʱiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chi | dié |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cat$^1$ | dit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hriɡs/, /*tʰiɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咥 | 咥 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 17346 | 17364 |
| Phonetic component | 至 | 至 |
| Rime group | 至 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 齂 | 抶 |
| Old Chinese | /*hriɡs/ | /*tʰiɡ/ |
| Notes | 又廣韻徒結切注火至切 | |

#### Definitions

咥
* (onomatopoeia) manner of ridicule

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咥
* Only used in 咥咥.

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dié (die$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dié
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dié
*** Wade–Giles: tieh$^2$
*** Yale: dyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
*** Palladius: де (de)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tet
Rime :
| Character | 咥 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 丁結切 |
| Baxter | tet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tiet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | die |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咥 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| No. | 17349 |
| Phonetic component | 至 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 窒 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

咥
* Only used in 蛇咥.

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dié (die$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dié
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dié
*** Wade–Giles: tieh$^2$
*** Yale: dyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
*** Palladius: де (de)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*diːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咥 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| No. | 17354 |
| Phonetic component | 至 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 姪 |
| Old Chinese | /*diːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

咥
* to stop

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to laugh
* to bite, to put/have in one's mouth

#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)、でち (dechi)
* Kan-on: き (ki)、てつ (tetsu)
* Kun: かむ (kamu, 咥む)、くわえる (kuwaeru, 咥える)、わらう (warau)、とまる (tomaru)

## Korean
### Hanja

咥 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)
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