What 嗝 means
A hiccup, a burp, or the sound of one. In Mandarin, 打嗝 names hiccuping or burping; 打饱嗝 means letting out a full burp after eating.
An early Chinese dictionary called the 玉篇, completed around 543 CE, records 嗝 for a bird's call. This character pairs 口, a mouth or noise clue, with 鬲, a sound clue. The old entry writes a bird sound; familiar Mandarin compounds use it for bodily sounds.
Does 嗝 mean the same in Mandarin and Cantonese?
Both use it for a burp or belch. Mandarin 打嗝 can also mean hiccuping; Cantonese uses 嗝 for burping or belching.
㗆 is recorded as an alternate form for the older bird-call sense. 咯 can write a similar sound effect; it is a different character.
Someone sent me 嗝—what do they mean?
A playful burp or hiccup sound, unless context says otherwise. Alone, 嗝 can act like a comic sound effect; inside a sentence it may simply name the bodily event.
Colloquial and bodily; alone it foregrounds the noise, giving it a comic or slightly gross edge.
Alone, it can sound like a burp joke rather than a neutral reply.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsHiccuping or burping; the ordinary action phrase.
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1Is 嗝 an emoji?
No. As of 2026, 嗝 is a text character drawn by the reader's font, not vendor emoji artwork.
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