# 嗝

| 嗝 | U+55DD, &#21981; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55DD |
| ← 嗜 [U+55DC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嗞 → [U+55DE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嗝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一口月 (RMRB), four-corner 6102$_7$, composition ⿰口鬲)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4097
* Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 666, character 4
* Unihan data for U+55DD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 隔 | *kreːɡ |
| 膈 | *kreːɡ |
| 搹 | *kreːɡ |
| 鬲 | *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ |
| 槅 | *kreːɡ |
| 嗝 | *kreːɡ |
| 虉 | *ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ |
| 翮 | *ɡreːɡ |
| 滆 | *ɡreːɡ |
| 蒚 | *ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ |
| 鎘 | *ɡ·reːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːɡ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 鬲 (OC *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gé, gě (ge$^2$, ge$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄍㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gér
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gér
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gér
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger'l
*** Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤɻ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$嗝兒 / 嗝儿 格兒 / 格儿
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gě
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gě
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^3$
*** Yale: gě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gěr
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gěr
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gěr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee'l
*** Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤɻ²¹⁴/
* gé - “call of an animal; hiccup”;
* gě - only in the “to die” sense.
* Middle Chinese: keak
Rime :
| Character | 嗝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古核切 |
| Baxter | keak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嗝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3845 |
| Phonetic component | 鬲 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隔 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

嗝
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) call of an animal (especially a bird)
* (onomatopoeia) hiccup; burp; belch
* (Mandarin, colloquial) to die; to croak

##### Compounds

* 乾嗝 / 干嗝
* 嗝兒 / 嗝儿
* 嗝吱
* 嗝嗝
* 嗝屁 (gěpì)
* 嗝症
* 嗝頓 / 嗝顿
* 打冷嗝
* 打嗝 (dǎgé)
* 打飽嗝 / 打饱嗝
* 飽嗝 / 饱嗝 (bǎogé)
* 飽嗝兒 / 饱嗝儿 (bǎogér)

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): oet$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: oet$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /œːt̚²¹/

#### Definitions

嗝
* (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) to burp; to belch

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke̍h / ke̍eh
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍h
*** Tâi-lô: ke̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keh
*** IPA (Xiamen): /keʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍eh
*** Tâi-lô: ke̍eh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛʔ¹²¹/

#### Definitions

嗝
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shout; to yell
    嗝嗝叫 [Hokkien] ― ke̍h ke̍h kiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to shout in a loud and piercing way
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan

##### Synonyms

* (to shout):
* 叫喊 (jiàohǎn)
* 叫喚 / 叫唤 (jiàohuàn)
* 叫嚷 (jiàorǎng)
* 叫囂 / 叫嚣 (jiàoxiāo) (derogatory)
* 吆喝 (colloquial)
* 吶喊 / 呐喊 (nàhǎn)
* 呼喊 (hūhǎn)
* 喚 / 唤 (huàn)
* 喧叫 (xuānjiào)
* 喊叫 (hǎnjiào)
* 喝唿 (Hokkien)
* 喊喝 (Hokkien)
* 喊嘩 / 喊哗 (Hokkien)
* 嘶叫 (sījiào)
* 嚷嚷 (colloquial)
* 打呵喝 (da$^3$ o$^4$ ho) (Xiang)
* 高呼 (gāohū) (to shout loudly)
* (to moan and groan): 叫苦 (jiàokǔ)

##### See also

* 㗆 (gé)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cackling of fowl
* to gag
* to vomit

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、きゃく (kyaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

嗝 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嗝: Hán Nôm readings: cách
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#### References

* Nom Foundation