# 嘬

| 嘬 | U+562C, &#22060; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-562C |
| ← 嘫 [U+562B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘭 → [U+562D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口日尸水 (RASE), four-corner 6604$_7$, composition ⿰口最)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4238
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 19
* Unihan data for U+562C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuài (chuai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuài
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: chwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuay
*** Palladius: чуай (čuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caai$^3$
*** Yale: chaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsrhwaejH
Rime :
| Character | 嘬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 夬 (30) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 楚夬切 |
| Baxter | tsrhwaejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠuai$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚai$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰuai$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰwaɨjs$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰuai$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰwæi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰwai$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chuài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ](ˤ)ro[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嘬 | 嘬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chuài | chuài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrhwæj$^H$ › | ‹ tsrhwɛj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ](ˁ)ro[t]-s/ | /*[tsʰ](ˁ)ro[t]-s/ |
| English | bite, eat | bite, eat |
| 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 | 嘬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10648 |
| Phonetic component | 取 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嘬 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰroːds/ |

#### Definitions

嘬
* to bite; to eat; to devour

#### Compounds

* 嘬嘬
* 嘬嚃
* 嘬炙

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuō (zuo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuo
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^1$
*** Yale: dzwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuo
*** Palladius: цзо (czo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyut$^3$
*** Yale: jyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːt̚³/

#### Definitions

嘬
* to suck

#### Compounds

* 嘬嘴

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to lap
* to suck

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): さい (sai)、せ (se)、せい (sei)
* Kun: かむ (kamu)、むさぼる (musaboru)

## Korean
### Hanja

嘬 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe)
* to lap
* to suck

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘬: Hán Nôm readings: chối, tòi, đạm, ngoạm, toát
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#### References

* Nom Foundation