See also:
U+5634, 嘴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5634

[U+5633]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5635]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 30, +13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心月 (RYPB), four-corner 61027, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 207, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4256
  • Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 689, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5634

Chinese

simp. and trad.
variant forms
See notes at .

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
*ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
*zreː
*zreː
*zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
*zreːs
*zraːds
*zraːds, *slɯːɡ
*ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
*sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
*sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
*sʰeːʔ
*zeːʔ, *ʔse
*zeːs, *zes
*ʔse
*ʔse
*ʔse
*ʔse, *ʔseʔ
*ʔse, *ze
*ʔse, *sʰe
*ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
*ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
*ʔseʔ
訿 *ʔseʔ
*ʔseʔ
*ʔseʔ
*sʰe
*sʰeʔ
*sʰeʔ, *seʔ
*sʰes
*ze
*ze, *zes
*ze, *zes
*ze
*ʔsre

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔseʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ).

Etymology

Related to (OC *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ, “horn-like hair on the owl-head; beak of a bird; mouth”).

Further etymology is unknown. Schuessler (2007) relates it to Tibetan མཚུལ་པ (mtshul pa, lower part of the face; muzzle; beak), which is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ts(j)ul (lip; beak) (STEDT).

Pronunciation


Note: substitute for .
Note:
  • chhùi - vernacular (substitute for );
  • chúi - literary.
Note: substitute for .

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡suei²¹⁴/
Harbin /t͡suei²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡suei¹³/
Jinan /t͡suei⁵⁵/
Qingdao /t͡sue⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡suei⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡suei⁵³/
Xining /t͡suɨ⁵³/
Yinchuan /t͡suei⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡suei⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /t͡suei⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sei⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡suei⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡suei⁴²/
Kunming /t͡suei⁵³/
Nanjing /t͡suəi²¹²/
Hefei /t͡se²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡suei⁵³/
Pingyao /t͡suei⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡suei⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sz̩³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sz̩ʷ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /t͡sz̩ʷei⁵³/
Wenzhou /t͡sz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕye³⁵/
/t͡ɕy³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡se³¹/
/t͡si³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sei⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡səi⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sui²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /t͡soi⁵³/
/t͡sui³¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sui³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡søy³⁵/
Nanning /t͡sui³⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡søy³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sui⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sy²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰui²¹³/ 訓讀
Haikou (Min Nan) /sui³⁵/ 訓喙

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1720
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔseʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. beak, later generalized as sense 2
  2. (anatomy) mouth, especially the part of the face associated with the mouth (Classifier: m)
  3. (figuratively) mouth-like object; beak, nozzle, spout (of teapot, etc.)
  4. (figuratively) food

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of (“mouth”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) ,
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan , 嘴巴
Tianjin
Harbin , 嘴巴
Shenyang
Hailar
Ulan Hot
Tongliao
Chifeng
Bayanhot
Jinan
Muping
Luoyang , 嘴巴
Wanrong
Xi'an
Zhengzhou
Xining
Xuzhou , 嘴兒, 嘴巴
Yinchuan
Lanzhou , 嘴巴子
Ürümqi
Wuhan , 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
Huanggang 嘴巴兒
Chengdu 嘴巴, 嘴巴兒
Guiyang 嘴巴,
Liuzhou 嘴巴,
Kunming
Yangzhou , 嘴巴子
Nanjing , 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
Hefei
Nantong
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
Foshan ,
Shunde
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 口嘴
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
Doumen
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Dongguan
Shaoguan
Yunfu
Yangjiang ,
Xinyi
Lianjiang
Kuala Lumpur
Gan Nanchang 嘴巴,
Lichuan , 嘴仔
Pingxiang 嘴巴,
Hakka Meixian
Changting
Wuping
Liancheng , 嘴角
Ninghua 嘴管
Yudu 嘴角
Shicheng 嘴官
Shangyou 嘴包
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Hong Kong 嘴角
Sabah (Bao'an) , 嘴角
Senai
Sabah (Longchuan)
Singkawang
Huizhou Jixi
Fuliang
Xianyu (formerly Zhanda)
Jin Taiyuan
Pingyao ,
Xinzhou
Baochang
Jining
Hohhot
Baotou
Dongsheng
Linhe
Haibowan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Dikou
Songxi
Zhenghe
Zhenqian
Jianyang
Wuyishan
Shibei 喙巴,
Min Dong Fuzhou
Changle
Fuqing
Pingtan
Yongtai
Gutian
Fu'an
Ningde
Shouning
Zhouning
Fuding
Matsu
Min Nan Xiamen , 喙斗, 喙口
Quanzhou , 喙斗, 喙口
Zhangzhou , 喙斗, 喙口
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Taichung
Wuqi
Hsinchu
Taitung
Lukang
Sanxia
Yilan
Kinmen
Magong
Penang
Singapore
Philippines (Manila)
Chaozhou
Shantou
Haifeng
Johor Bahru
Wenchang
Haikou
Leizhou
Puxian Min Putian
Xianyou
Pinghua Nanning
Shehua Fu'an
Fuding
Luoyuan
Sanming
Shunchang
Hua'an
Guixi
Cangnan
Jingning
Lishui
Longyou
Chaozhou
Fengshun
Wu Shanghai 嘴巴, , 嘴蒲
Suzhou , 嘴巴
Wuxi 嘴巴
Hangzhou 嘴巴
Wenzhou 嘴嘴,
Chongming 嘴巴
Danyang
Jinhua 口蒲, 口蒲兒,
Ningbo 嘴巴
Xiang Changsha 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
Shuangfeng 嘴巴
Xiangtan 嘴巴子
Loudi

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. beak; bill

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
くちばし
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From (kuchi, mouth) + (hashi, tip; edge). The kanji is composed of (kuchi) and (hashi, beak; bill). See also #Etymology 2.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana くちばし, rōmaji kuchibashi)

  1. (anatomy) a beak; a bill
    • 1999 March 1, “スピック [Spick]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      くちばしがとても (おお)きく、 (おお) (ごえ) () () (よわ) (あい) () (おどろ)かせる。
      Kuchibashi ga totemo ōkiku, ōgoe de naki kinoyowai aite o odorokaseru.
      It frightens faint-hearted opponents with its blaring wails and massive bill.
    • 1999 March 1, “ディッグ・ビーク [Dig Beak]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      ヘビのように (なが) (からだ)をまるめ、 (かい) (てん)しながらくちばし (こう) (げき)
      Hebi no yō ni nagai karada o marume, kaiten shi nagara kuchibashi de kōgeki.
      It attacks with its beak as its long body coils like a snake.
    • 1999 October 17, “くちばしヘビ [Beaked Snake]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:
       (あい) () (なが) (からだ) () ()げ、 (おお)きなくちばしでつついて (こう) (げき)
      Aite o nagai karada de shimeage, ōkina kuchibashi de tsutsuite kōgeki.
      It attacks by pecking at its opponent with its huge beak while constricting them with its long body.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
はし
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From (hashi, tip; edge)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana はし, rōmaji hashi)

  1. (anatomy) a beak; a bill

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eum (chwi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: chủy/chuỷ

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