# 咀

| 咀 | U+5480, &#21632; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5480 |
| ← 呿 [U+547F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咁 → [U+5481] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口月一 (RBM), four-corner 6701$_0$, composition ⿰口且)
* suck
* chew, masticate

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 184, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3476
* Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 17
* Unihan data for U+5480

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 咀
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ): semantic 口 (“speech”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat; food; to feed; rice”); cognate with Tibetan ཟ (za, “to eat”), Burmese စား (ca:, “to eat”), Chepang [script needed] (jeʔ-sa, “to eat”), Japhug ndza (“to eat”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019). Possibly related to 餐 (OC *sʰaːn, “to eat; meal”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǔ (ju$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chú / chír / chó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^3$
*** Yale: jyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^2$
*** Yale: jéui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
*** Tâi-lô: tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
*** Tâi-lô: tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
*** Tâi-lô: tsóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zor
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: dzjoX, tsjoX
Rime :
| Character | 咀 | 咀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 慈吕切 | 子與切 |
| Baxter | dzjoX | tsjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨʌ$^X$/ | /t͡sɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziɔ$^X$/ | /t͡siɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ziɔ$^X$/ | /t͡siɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zɨə̆$^X$/ | /t͡sɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziɔ$^X$/ | /t͡siɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭo$^X$/ | /t͡sĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯wo$^X$/ | /t͡si̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù | jǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeoi$^6$ | zeoi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaʔ/, /*zaʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咀 | 咀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10416 | 10437 |
| Phonetic component | 且 | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 苴 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsaʔ/ | /*zaʔ/ |

#### Definitions

咀
* to chew; to masticate

#### Compounds

* 叱咀
* 吞咀
* 含咀
* 吱咀
* 含商咀徵 / 含商咀征
* 含宮咀徵 / 含宫咀征
* 含英咀華 / 含英咀华 (hányīngjǔhuá)
* 含菁咀華 / 含菁咀华
* 咀吞
* 咀吸口
* 咀味
* 咀咒 (jǔzhòu)
* 咀咂
* 咀唔
* 咀啖
* 咀啜
* 咀嚅
* 咀嚥 / 咀咽
* 咀嚼 (jǔjué)
* 咀嚼肌 (jǔjuéjī)
* 咀徵含商 / 咀征含商
* 咀片
* 咀臉 / 咀脸
* 咀英嚼華 / 咀英嚼华
* 咀茹
* 咀藥 / 咀药
* 咀詠 / 咀咏
* 咀譙 / 咀谯
* 咀賴羅 / 咀赖罗 (jǔlàiluó)
* 咀齧 / 咀啮
* 啜咀
* 啜英咀華 / 啜英咀华
* 噍咀
* 嚼咀
* 嚼鐵咀金 / 嚼铁咀金
* 循咀
* 涵咀
* 白口咀咒
* 耐人咀嚼
* 龍雕鳳咀 / 龙雕凤咀

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 咀 – see 嘴 (“mouth; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, second-round simplified, and variant form of 嘴).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### Usage notes

It is still commonly used as a shorthand. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of 咀 as the simplified form of 嘴 (zuǐ).

#### Compounds

* 喻咀 (Yùzuǐ)
* 尖沙咀 (Jiānshāzuǐ)
* 秦咀 (Qínzuǐ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* chew; savor; understand

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞ (zo)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan’yō-on: そ (so)
* Kun: かむ (kamu, 咀む)、あじわう (ajiwau, 咀わう)

### References

* ↑ “咀”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

咀 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

咀: Hán Nôm readings: trớ
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