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吃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口人弓 (RON), four-corner 68017, composition ⿰口乞)
Phono-semantic compound 形聲/形声 (xíngshēng): semantic 口 (kǒu) + phonetic 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd).
Its original meaning is "to stutter", hence, 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 traits). However, 乞 is simply a variant of 气, it originally meant "air" and was later borrowed to indicate "begging", therefore it didn't mean "less air; to stutter" or similar words and expressions.
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Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吃 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吃 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 吃 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吃 |
Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 吃 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吃 |
Liuzhou | 吃 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 食1 |
Taishan | 吃 | |
Gan | Pingxiang | 吃 |
Hakka | Meixian | 食1 |
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 食1 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食3 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 食3 |
Leizhou | 食3 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 吃 |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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