# 嗤

| 嗤 | U+55E4, &#21988; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E4 |
| ← 嗣 [U+55E3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嗥 → [U+55E5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嗤 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口山一戈 (RUMI), four-corner 6203$_6$, composition ⿰口蚩)
* laugh at, ridicule, sneer
* snort

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4110
* Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 671, character 17
* Unihan data for U+55E4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 之 | *tjɯ |
| 芝 | *tjɯ |
| 志 | *tjɯs |
| 痣 | *tjɯs |
| 娡 | *tjɯs |
| 誌 | *tjɯs |
| 蚩 | *tʰjɯ |
| 妛 | *tʰjɯ |
| 嗤 | *tʰjɯ |
| 媸 | *tʰjɯ |
| 旹 | *djɯ |
| 滍 | *diʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjɯ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 蚩 (OC *tʰjɯ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ci$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
*** Tâi-lô: tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ci$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰi³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhi
Rime :
| Character | 嗤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 赤之切 |
| Baxter | tsyhi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiə/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嗤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17196 |
| Phonetic component | 之 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蚩 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjɯ/ |

### Definitions

嗤
* to laugh at; to jeer; to sneer

### Compounds

* 哈嗤
* 嗤之以鼻 (chīzhīyǐbí)
* 嗤嗤
* 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
* 嗤詆／嗤诋
* 嗤鄙 (chībǐ)
* 嗤騾子氣／嗤骡子气
* 嗤點／嗤点
* 噗嗤
* 巴嗤
* 打嗤
* 撲嗤／扑嗤 (pūchī)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* laugh
* ridicule, mock, make fun of

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)
* Kun: わらう (warau, 嗤う)

#### Compounds

* 嗤笑(ししょう) (shishō)

## Korean
### Hanja

嗤 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嗤: Hán Nôm readings: si, suy, xỉ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation