欬

Information about character(s)

Radical: 欠
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 咳

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kài, ài
Cantonese: kat1 koi3
JapaneseKun: SEKI
JapaneseOn: KAI KI GAI
Korean: HAY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: cough; sound of laughter

CE-Dict: cough/sound of laughter

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《欠部》欬屰气也。从欠亥聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【欠字部】欬
【唐韻】苦漑切【集韻】【韻會】口漑切，𠀤音慨。【說文】逆氣也。【玉篇】上欶也。【類篇】今俗謂嗽爲欬。【禮·月令】季夏行春令，則穀實鮮落，國多風欬。【註】因風致欬疾也。　又大呼曰廣欬。【禮·曲禮】車上不廣欬。【疏】廣，弘大也。欬，聲欬也。在上而聲大欬，似自矜，又驚衆也。　又謦欬，言笑也。【列子·黃帝篇】宋康王蹀足謦欬疾言。【莊子·徐無鬼】况乎昆弟親戚之謦欬其側。【註】欬，苦愛反。　又【集韻】去兾切，音器。義同。　又【集韻】乙界切，音餲。與噫同。【說文】飽食息也。通作䬵。