噏

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 吸

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xī
Cantonese: ap1 ngap1
JapaneseKun: SUU
JapaneseOn: KYUU
Korean: HUP
Vietnamese: hấp

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: inhale, absorb, imbibe; compress; (Cant.) to talk, say, tell

CE-Dict: to gossip/to babble (Cantonese)

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】噏
【廣韻】【正韻】許及切【集韻】【韻會】迄及切，𠀤音翕。【廣韻】與吸同。【揚雄·甘泉賦】噏淸雲之流瑕。【司馬相如·子虛賦】噏呷萃蔡。　又與靸通。【前漢·司馬相如傳】汨淢靸習以永逝。【史記】作噏。　又【集韻】與㒆同。斂也。【老子·道德經】將欲噏之，必固張之。通作歙。