謦

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 18

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qǐng
Cantonese: hing3
JapaneseKun: SEKIBARAI SHIWABUKI
JapaneseOn: KEI
Korean: KYENG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to speak softly

CE-Dict: cough slightly

Soothill: To speak softly; to clear the throat. It is in contrast with 咳 to speak loudly, etc.; the two together indicate laughter.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to cough slightly

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》謦欬也。从言殸聲。殸，籒文磬字。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】謦
【唐韻】去挺切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】棄挺切，𠀤罄上聲。【說文】欬也。【玉篇】欬聲也。【莊子·徐無鬼】久矣夫，莫以眞人之言，謦欬吾君之側乎。【註】輕曰謦，重曰欬。又【北史·崔悛傳】謦欬，爲洪鐘響。　又人名。善謦，見【宋史·宗室表】。　又【集韻】【類篇】𠀤詰定切，音罄。謦欬，言笑也。