# 尬

| 尬 | U+5C2C, &#23596; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C2C |
| ← 尫 [U+5C2B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 尭 → [U+5C2D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尬 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大山人中中 (KUOLL), four-corner 4801$_2$, composition ⿺尢介)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7560
* Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 553, character 10
* Unihan data for U+5C2C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 妎 | *ɡaːds, *ɡeːds |
| 芥 | *kreːds |
| 尬 | *kreːds |
| 界 | *kreːds |
| 介 | *kreːds |
| 疥 | *kreːds |
| 玠 | *kreːds |
| 砎 | *kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd |
| 魪 | *kreːds |
| 价 | *kreːds |
| 衸 | *kreːds, *ɡreːds |
| 齘 | *ɡreːds |
| 骱 | *ɡaːd, *kreːd |
| 扴 | *kreːd |
| 圿 | *kreːd |
| 忦 | *kreːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːds) : semantic 尢 + phonetic 介 (OC *kreːds).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gà, jiè (ga$^4$, jie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaai$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kie
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gê$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gái
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gai$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ka
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gà
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gà
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^4$
*** Yale: gà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^4$
*** Yale: jyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^3$
*** Yale: gaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie
*** Hakka Romanization System: gie
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gie$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gê$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ke⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gái
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
*** Tâi-lô: kài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài
*** Sinological IPA : /kai²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ka
*** MiniDict: ka$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ka
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: keajH
Rime :
| Character | 尬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古拜切 |
| Baxter | keajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 尬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6523 |
| Phonetic component | 介 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誡 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːds/ |

#### Definitions

尬
* Used in 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà).
* (neologism, Mainland China, Taiwan, slang) Short for 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà). [since 2010s]

#### Compounds

* 不尷不尬／不尴不尬 (bùgānbùgà)
* 不尷尬／不尴尬
* 尬聊 (gàliáo)
* 尲尬
* 尷尬／尴尬

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 較／较.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gà (ga$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gà
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gà
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^4$
*** Yale: gà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gah
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä⁵¹/

#### Definitions

尬
* (neologism) to compete

##### Compounds

* 尬歌 (gàgē)
* 尬舞 (gàwǔ)
* 尬酒

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かい (kai)、かつ (katsu)、けち (kechi)
* Kun: あしなえ (ashinae)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

尬: Hán Nôm readings: giới
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