# 噲

| 噲 | U+5672, &#22130; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5672 |
| ← 噱 [U+5671] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 噳 → [U+5673] |

## Translingual
### Han character

噲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口人一日 (ROMA), four-corner 6806$_6$, composition ⿰口會)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 211, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4407
* Dae Jaweon: page 433, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 693, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5672

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 噲 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 譮 | *qʰruːbs |
| 會 | *koːbs, *ɡoːbs |
| 儈 | *koːbs |
| 膾 | *koːbs |
| 鱠 | *koːbs |
| 襘 | *koːbs |
| 禬 | *koːbs, *ɡoːbs |
| 檜 | *koːbs, *koːd |
| 旝 | *koːbs |
| 澮 | *koːbs |
| 鄶 | *koːbs |
| 廥 | *koːbs |
| 鬠 | *koːbs, *ɡoːd |
| 劊 | *koːbs, *koːd |
| 獪 | *koːbs, *kroːbs |
| 繪 | *ɡoːbs |
| 懀 | *qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs |
| 薈 | *qoːbs |
| 嬒 | *qoːbs, *qoːd |
| 瞺 | *qoːbs |
| 噲 | *kʰroːbs |
| 璯 | *kʰroːbs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰroːbs) : semantic 口 + phonetic 會 (OC *koːbs, *ɡoːbs).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuài (kuai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faai$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): guói
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kōe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: kwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
*** Palladius: куай (kuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faai$^3$
*** Yale: faai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːi̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guói
*** Sinological IPA : /kui²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kōe
*** Tâi-lô: kuē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kue²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue³³/
* Middle Chinese: khwaejH
Rime :
| Character | 噲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 夬 (30) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 苦夬切 |
| Baxter | khwaejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠuai$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚai$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuai$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwaɨjs$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuai$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰwæi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰwai$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰr[o][p]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰroːbs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 噲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khwæj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰr[o][p]-s/ |
| English | comfortable (room) |
| 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 | 噲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5515 |
| Phonetic component | 會 |
| Rime group | 蓋 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 快 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰroːbs/ |

#### Definitions

噲
* swallow down
* mouth of birds or beasts

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): huòi
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huòi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui⁵³/

#### Definitions

噲
* (Eastern Min) Alternative form of 回 (“that; then”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^5$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): voi$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): oi$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^5$
*** Yale: wúih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: voi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋoɪ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: oi$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ŏi
*** Sinological IPA : /oi³⁵/

#### Definitions

噲
* (dated in Cantonese, Hakka, still used in Teochew) Alternative form of 會 / 会 (“can; will”)
** 1894, James Dyer Ball, Readings in Cantonese Colloquial, page 2:
       nei$^5$ wui$^5$ geoi$^2$ go$^3$ zek$^3$ sau$^2$ dou$^3$ jit$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$ gam$^3$ gou$^1$ m$^4$ ni$^1$, m$^4$ wui$^5$ aa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       Can you reach up so high? No. (literally, Can you raise that hand to as high as the sun? [You] cannot.)
** (Can we date this quote?), “潮汕女孩”, 李立群 (lyrics), 徐曉穎 (music)‎performed by 徐曉穎:
       i$^1$ oi$^6$ hai$^7$ le$^2$ zêg$^8$ buê$^3$ ze$^2$ long$^2$ diêh$^8$ gê$^2$ ho$^2$ nang$^5$ m$^6$ gan$^2$ sai$^2$ huai$^6$ [Peng'im]
       She will cause you to pretend to be a good man and not dare play tricks all your life.

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): oi$^6$
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: oi$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ŏi
*** Sinological IPA : /oi³⁵/

#### Definitions

噲
* (Teochew) Interjection used after a name for emphasis
** 19??, 《潮州戲曲選集》, page 9:
       niê$^5$ gian$^2$ oi$^6$. nang$^2$ gim$^1$ zêg$^8$ dui$^3$ ho$^2$ uêng$^1$ iên$^1$. [Peng'im]
       O Miss, we are indeed a good couple.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* swallow
* gulp down
* greedy

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kun: あかるい (akarui, 噲るい)、こころよい (kokoroyoi, 噲い)、すする (susuru, 噲る)、のど (nodo, 噲)

## Korean
### Hanja

噲 • (kwae) (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune–Reischauer k'wae)
* throat
* refreshing

## Vietnamese
### Han character

噲: Hán Nôm readings: khoái, gọi, còn, gỏi, gũi, hỏi, khoải
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