啃

啃	U+5543, 啃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5543

← 啂
[U+5542]

CJK Unified Ideographs

啄 →
[U+5544]

Translingual

Han character

啃 (radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜一月 (RYMB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口肯)

References

KangXi: page 194, character 27

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3798

Dae Jaweon: page 415, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 639, character 8

Unihan data for U+5543

Chinese

simp. and trad.		啃

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 肯 (OC *kʰɯːŋʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěn (ken³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang², han², kang², hang³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khie

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ
  - Wade–Giles: k'ên³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keen
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang², han², kang², hang³
  - Yale: háng, hán, káng, hang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang², han², kang², hang³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng², hen², keng², heng³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵/, /hɐn³⁵/, /kʰɐŋ³⁵/, /hɐŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie
  - Hakka Romanization System: kie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵/

Definitions

啃

to gnaw; to nibble
(figuratively) to delve into; to study or overcome
啃書本 / 啃书本 ― kěn shūběn ― to delve into books
^† (onomatopoeic) cough

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèn (ken⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˋ
  - Wade–Giles: k'ên⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kenn
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰən⁵¹/

Definitions

啃

(colloquial) to eat

Japanese

Kanji

啃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)

Korean

Hanja

啃 • (sap) (hangeul 삽, revised sap, McCune–Reischauer sap)

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