# 嗑

| 嗑 | U+55D1, &#21969; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55D1 |
| ← 嗐 [U+55D0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嗒 → [U+55D2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嗑 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口土戈廿 (RGIT), four-corner 6401$_7$, composition ⿰口盍)
* eat seeds
* reproach
* loquacious

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4068
* Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 2
* Unihan data for U+55D1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 嗑
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 蓋 | *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 盖 | *kaːbs |
| 溘 | *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb |
| 搕 | *qoːb |
| 嗑 | *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 榼 | *kʰaːb |
| 磕 | *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd |
| 瞌 | *kʰaːb |
| 盍 | *ɡaːb |
| 闔 | *ɡaːb |
| 篕 | *ɡaːb |
| 熆 | *ɡaːb |
| 鰪 | *qaːb |
| 廅 | *qaːb |
| 圔 | *qroːb |
| 饁 | *ɢrab |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kè, kē, hé, xiā, xiá (ke$^4$, ke$^1$, he$^2$, xia$^1$, xia$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ, ㄎㄜ, ㄏㄜˊ, ㄒㄧㄚ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap$^3$ / haap$^3$ / ngap$^1$ / hap$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kè
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kè
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^4$
*** Yale: kè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kē
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ke
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^1$
*** Yale: kē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sia
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^1$
*** Yale: syā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia
*** Palladius: ся (sja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siá
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^2$
*** Yale: syá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
*** Palladius: ся (sja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaap$^3$ / haap$^3$ / ngap$^1$ / hap$^6$
*** Yale: gaap / haap / ngāp / hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaap$^8$ / haap$^8$ / ngap$^7$ / hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gab$^3$ / hab$^3$ / ngeb$^1$ / heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/, /ŋɐp̚⁵/, /hɐp̚²/
* Middle Chinese: hap, kap
Rime :
| Character | 嗑 | 嗑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 盍 (144) | 盍 (144) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡臘切 | 古盍切 |
| Baxter | hap | kap |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑp̚/ | /kɑp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑp̚/ | /kɑp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑp̚/ | /kɑp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦap̚/ | /kap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑp̚/ | /kɑp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑp̚/ | /kɑp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɑp̚/ | /kɑp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hap$^6$ | gap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːb/, /*ɡaːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嗑 | 嗑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5074 | 5082 |
| Phonetic component | 盍 | 盍 |
| Rime group | 盍 | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䫦 | 盍 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːb/ | /*ɡaːb/ |

#### Definitions

嗑
* to crack between the teeth
    嗑瓜子 ― kè guāzǐ ― to crack melon seeds
* to talk; to gab
    嘮嗑／唠嗑 ― làokē ― to chat
* Alternative form of 喝

##### Compounds

* 嗑CP
* 嗑嗑
* 嗑牙
* 嗑牙料嘴
* 嗑瓜子
* 嗑藥／嗑药
* 嗑西北風／嗑西北风
* 嘮嗑／唠嗑
* 噬嗑 (shìhé)
* 閒嗑牙／闲嗑牙

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍p
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍p
*** Tâi-lô: ho̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hop
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔp̚¹²¹/

#### Definitions

嗑
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to use the mouth to breathe (of a fish)

### References

* “嗑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* eat seeds
* reproach
* loquacious

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)、ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: あう (au, 嗑う)、おしやべり (oshiyaberi)、かたる (kataru)、のむ (nomu, 嗑む)

## Korean
### Hanja

嗑 (eumhun 입다물 합 (ipdamul hap)) 嗑 (eumhun 말이 많을 갑 (mari maneul gap))
* eat seeds
* reproach
* loquacious

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嗑: Hán Nôm readings: hạp
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#### References

* Nom Foundation