# 峽

| 峽 | U+5CFD, &#23805; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CFD |
| ← 峼 [U+5CFC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 峾 → [U+5CFE] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 峡 |
| Simplified | 峡 |
| Traditional | 峽 |

### Han character

峽 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山大人人 (UKOO), four-corner 2473$_8$, composition ⿰山夾)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 312, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8122
* Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5CFD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 瘞 | *qrebs |
| 瘱 | *qeːbs |
| 脥 | *kʰemʔ |
| 浹 | *skaːb, *skeːb |
| 挾 | *skaːb, *ɡeːb |
| 夾 | *kreːb |
| 郟 | *kreːb |
| 筴 | *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb |
| 裌 | *kreːb |
| 鵊 | *kreːb |
| 狹 | *ɡreːb |
| 峽 | *ɡreːb |
| 硤 | *ɡreːb |
| 陜 | *ɡreːb |
| 陿 | *ɡreːb |
| 翜 | *sraːb, *srɯːb |
| 梜 | *kraːb, *keːb |
| 頰 | *keːb |
| 莢 | *keːb |
| 鋏 | *keːb |
| 蛺 | *keːb |
| 唊 | *keːb |
| 悏 | *kʰeːb |
| 匧 | *kʰeːb |
| 愜 | *kʰeːb |
| 篋 | *kʰeːb |
| 俠 | *ɡeːb |
| 綊 | *ɡeːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːb) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 夾 (OC *kreːb).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiá (xia$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haap$^6$ / hap$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hia̍p
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hiab$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p / hia̍p / kiap / e̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giab$^4$ / hab$^8$
* Mandarin
** (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: haap$^6$ / hap$^6$
*** Yale: haahp / hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haap$^9$ / hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hab$^6$ / heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hia̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯ap̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hiab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hiap̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: ha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hap
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍p
*** Tâi-lô: hia̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiap
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiap̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiap̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
*** Tâi-lô: kiap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍h
*** Tâi-lô: e̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: eh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ¹²¹/
* ha̍p/hia̍p - literary;
* kiap/e̍h - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: heap
Rime :
| Character | 峽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 洽 (152) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 侯夾切 |
| Baxter | heap |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚæp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɐp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəɨp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɐp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɐp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiá |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haap$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kˤ<r>ep/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 峽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiá |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hɛp › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-kˁ<r>ep/ |
| English | mountain pass (not in GSR) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 峽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5897 |
| Phonetic component | 夾 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 洽 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreːb/ |

### Definitions

峽
* gorge

### Compounds

* 三峽／三峡
* 三門峽／三门峡 (Sānménxiá)
* 地峽／地峡 (dìxiá)
* 峽口／峡口 (Xiákǒu)
* 峽谷／峡谷 (xiágǔ)
* 巫峽／巫峡 (Wūxiá)
* 水峽口／水峡口 (Shuǐxiákǒu)
* 海峽／海峡 (hǎixiá)
* 漁峽口／渔峡口 (Yúxiákǒu)
* 瓦石峽／瓦石峡 (Wǎshíxiá)
* 瞿塘峽／瞿塘峡
* 虎跳峽／虎跳峡 (Hǔtiàoxiá)
* 西峽／西峡 (Xīxiá)
* 西陵峽／西陵峡 (Xīlíngxiá)
* 青銅峽／青铜峡 (Qīngtóngxiá, “Qingtongxia”)
* 鮑峽／鲍峡 (Bàoxiá)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 峡 |
| Kyūjitai | 峽 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 峡)
* gorge
* strait
* ravine
* isthmus

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kun: はざま (hazama, 峽)

## Korean
### Hanja

峽 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

峽: Hán Nôm readings: hiệp, hệp, siệp
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