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吃

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See also: 喫
吃 U+5403, 吃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5403
← 吂
[U+5402]
CJK Unified Ideographs 各 →
[U+5404]

Translingual

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Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

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吃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 口人弓 (RON), four-corner 68017, composition ⿰口乞)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3280
  • Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 579, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5403

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kɯd): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd) – "to stutter".

The phonetic component could add part of the meaning since it has the phonetically borrowed meaning of "begging" (i.e., trying to talk but with difficulties).

According to folk etymologies, 乞 in this character indicates that, while stuttering, less air comes from the mouth (compare 气, which has more trails). However, this is incorrect. 乞 is simply a variant of 气, originally meaning "air" and later borrowed to indicate "begging". The sense of eat may originally have been written 喫.

Etymology 1

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trad. 吃/喫
simp. 吃
alternative forms 吔 (jaak3) Cantonese
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “how are the different pronunciations related? to stutter > to eat one's sounds (Schuessler, 2007)? STEDT seems to relate "to eat" to *m-dz(y)a-k/n/t/s (EAT / FOOD / FEED / RICE)”

Pronunciation

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Note: jaak3 - colloquial.
Note: Often written as 喫.
Note:
  • khek/khiak - literary (喫);
  • khài - vernacular (喫).
Note:
  • Ningbo, Zhoushan:
    • 7chioq/7chiuq - vernacular (“to eat, to drink”);
    • 7chiq - literary (e.g. 吃力).
Note:
  • qia6 - vernacular;
  • qi6 - literary.
Note:
  • qio2 - vernacular;
  • qi2 - literary.
Note:
  • qia6 - vernacular;
  • qi6 - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 吃
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹³/
    Qingdao /tʃʰz̩⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
    Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹³/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
    Chengdu /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
    Guiyang /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
    /t͡ɕʰia²¹/ ~虧
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³¹/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩ʔ⁵/
    Hefei /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰəʔ²/
    Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʰʌʔ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰəʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵/
    Suzhou /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰioʔ⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʔ²¹/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕʰi⁵/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    /t͡ɕʰia²⁴/
    Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰio²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɑʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰət̚¹/
    Taoyuan /kʰet̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /hɛk̚³/
    Nanning /hɛk̚³³/
    /hɐt̚⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /hɛk̚³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰit̚³²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰɛiʔ²³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ki²⁴/
    /i⁴²/ 俗
    Shantou (Teochew) /ŋiak̚²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /xit̚⁵/

    Definitions

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    吃

    1. to eat; to consume
      他很喜歡吃飯。/他很喜欢吃饭。  ―  Tā hěn xǐhuān chīfàn.  ―  He loves to eat.
      你吃飯了嗎?/你吃饭了吗?  ―  Nǐ chīfàn le ma?  ―  Have you eaten? (also a greeting)
      你吃過飯嗎?/你吃过饭吗?  ―  Nǐ chī guò fàn ma?  ―  Have you eaten? (also a greeting)
      儂飯吃過了𠲎? [Shanghainese, trad.]
      侬饭吃过了𠲎? [Shanghainese, simp.]
      6non 6ve 7chiq-ku-leq-vaq [Wugniu]
      Have you eaten? (also a greeting)
      • traditional, “排排坐” (children's song):
        排排坐,吃果果。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
        paai4 paai4 co5, hek3 gwo2 gwo2. [Jyutping]
        Let's sit together and eat fruits.
      喫屎啦你!/吃屎啦你! [Cantonese]  ―  jaak3 si2 laa1 nei5! [Jyutping]  ―  Eat shit!
    2. to absorb (a liquid)
    3. to swallow up; to absorb; to annex
    4. to live on
    5. to suffer; to endure; to bear
      吃苦  ―  chīkǔ  ―  to endure hardship
      吃虧/吃亏  ―  chīkuī  ―  to suffer losses, to be at a disadvantage
      他胸口吃了一槍。 [MSC, trad.]
      他胸口吃了一枪。 [MSC, simp.]
      Tā xiōngkǒu chī le yī qiāng. [Pinyin]
      He took a bullet in the chest.
    6. to exhaust; to be a strain
      Chrome吃內存。/Chrome吃内存。  ―  Chrome chī nèicún.  ―  Chrome is a memory hog.
    7. to comprehend; to grasp (the subtext)
    8. to drink
    9. (board games) to capture
    10. (mahjong) to chow
    11. to accept
    12. (dialectal) to smoke; to inhale; to take in
    13. (early modern Wu) because
    Usage notes
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    • In Cantonese, 食 (sik6) is the most common term for "eating" and 吔 (jaak3) is considered less polite than the former.
    • When playing mahjong, a player may say this word as a call when forming a chow on another player's discard.
    Synonyms
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    • (to swallow up):
    • (to exhaust):
    • (to comprehend):
    • (to drink):
    • (to capture):
    • (to chow):
    • (to smoke):
    Antonyms
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    • (antonym(s) of “to comprehend”):
    Descendants
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    • Wutunhua: qe
    • → Japanese: 吃(チー) (chī)

    Compounds

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    Etymology 2

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    simp. and trad.
    吃
    alternative forms 㰟

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

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    Note: 4keq - primarily in suburbs and dated urban pronunciation.

    Rime
    Character 吃
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 迄 (58)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 居乙切
    Baxter kj+t
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kɨt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kɨt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kiət̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kɨt̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /kiət̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /kĭət̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /ki̯ət̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    ji
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gat1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 吃
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10080
    Phonetic
    component
    乞
    Rime
    group
    物
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kɯd/

    Definitions

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    吃

    1. to stammer; to stutter; to falter
      口吃  ―  kǒuchī  ―  to stammer, to stutter

    Compounds

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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (吃):

    Etymology 3

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    simp. and trad.
    吃

    Pronunciation

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    Definitions

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    吃

    1. only used in 吃吃 (qīqī)

    Etymology 4

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    simp. and trad.
    吃

    Pronunciation

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    Definitions

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    吃

    1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 食

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    吃

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    Readings

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    • Go-on: こち (kochi)
    • Kan-on: きつ (kitsu)
    • Kun: どもり (domori, 吃り)、どもる (domoru, 吃る)

    Compounds

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    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    吃
    きつ
    Hyōgai
    kan'on

    From Middle Chinese 吃 (MC kj+t).

    Affix

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    吃(きつ) • (kitsu) 

    1. stammering, stuttering
    2. accepting, complying
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    See also
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    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    吃
    チー
    Hyōgai
    irregular

    From Mandarin 吃 (chī, literally “to eat”).[1][2][3]

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    Noun

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    吃(チー) • (chī) 

    1. (mahjong) a call for an open 順子 (shuntsu, “sequence of three suited tiles”), compare English chow
    Coordinate terms
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    Etymology 3

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    Kanji in this term
    吃
    ままなき
    Hyōgai
    irregular

    Possibly a compound of 儘 (mama, “remaining at a certain state”) +‎ 泣き (naki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 泣く (naku), “to cry”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Noun

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    吃(ままなき) • (mamanaki) 

    1. stammering, stuttering
    2. a stutterer
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    References

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    1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    吃 (eum 흘 (heul))

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    吃: Hán Nôm readings: khật, hấc, hất, hớt, ngát, ngặt, ngật, ực, cật

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