齧

齧 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+6, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手竹卜一山 (QHYMU), four-corner 5777₂, composition ⿱㓞齒)

• 囓, 𡔐, 𡿖, 䥹

• 嚙, 囓 (Variant traditional form in Chinese)
• 𪘂 (Japanese extended shinjitai)
• 𫜩 (Nonstandard form in simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1534, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48651
• Dae Jaweon: page 2072, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4792, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9F67

Note that in traditional Chinese, 齧 has two variant forms 嚙 and 囓 (same in meaning and usage but different in appearance) whereas in Japanese, 齧 (shinjitai form: 𪘂) and 嚙 (shinjitai form: 噛) are used in different compound words. In simplified Chinese, only 啮 is used.

齧

1. to bite; to gnaw
2. (archaic) to erode

   • 惠公曰：「昔王季歷葬於楚山之尾，灓水齧其墓。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惠公曰：「昔王季历葬于楚山之尾，𰛪水啮其墓。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Strategies of the Warring States, Strategies of Wei (《戰國策·魏策二》)

     Huì gōng yuē: “Xī wáng Jì Lì zàng yú Chǔ shān zhī wěi, luán shuǐ niè qí mù.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (archaic) breach; flaw

   • 夫牆之壞也於隙，劍之折必有齧，聖人見之密，故萬物莫能傷也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫墙之坏也于隙，剑之折必有啮，圣人见之密，故万物莫能伤也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, Lectures in the World of Man (《淮南子·人間訓》)

     Fū qiáng zhī huài yě yú xì, jiàn zhī zhé bì yǒu niè, shèngrén jiàn zhī mì, gù wànwù mò néng shāng yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. a surname
5. (Hakka) stingy; miserly

齧

1. (Hokkien) to bite; to gnaw (of mice, insects, etc.)

• “齧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𪘂)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)、げつ (getsu)
• Kun: かむ (kamu, 齧む)、かじる (kajiru, 齧る)

• 齧歯類(げっしるい) (gesshirui): rodent
• 齧歯目(げっしもく) (gesshimoku): rodent
• 齧(かじ)り散(ち)らす (kajirichirasu): to gnaw and scatter around

齧 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

齧: Hán Nôm readings: khiết

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• Nom Foundation