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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
哭 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口口戈大 (RRIK ), four-corner 66430 , composition ⿱吅 犬 )
Shuowen Jiezi radical №25
Descendants
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 190 , character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3658
Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 629, character 2
Unihan data for U+54ED
Chinese
哭
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
嶽
*ŋroːɡ
鸑
*ŋroːɡ
哭
*ŋ̊ʰoːɡ
獄
*ŋoɡ
In oracle bone inscriptions, ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 吅 (“loudly”) + person with long hair (Similar to 老 without the cane) – "cry; weep". The pictogram of the person with long hair corrupted into 犬 . Evidence suggests 吅 could be an abbreviation of the sound component 咢 (OC *ŋaːɡ ), making the character phono-semantic (形聲 / 形声 ) .
Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ŋ̊ʰoːɡ ) : semantic 吅 ( “ to speak loudly ” ) + abbreviated phonetic 獄 ( OC *ŋoɡ) .
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuːk ( “ to weep; to wail ” ) ; cognate with Mizo kûk ( “ to shriek ” ) (STEDT).
This seems to be an area word; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuk ~ kuuk ~ kuək ~ kək ( “ to call ” ) , Proto-Austronesian *-kuk ( “ sound of a sob ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : kū (ku1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄎㄨ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : ku2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : кў (kw, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : huk1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : huuk2 / huuk1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : kuh6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : khuk
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : kug5
Jin (Wiktionary ) : kueh4
Northern Min (KCR ) : kŭ
Eastern Min (BUC ) : kók
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : khàu / khok
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : kao3
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 7 khoq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : ku6
Note :
khàu - vernacular;
khok - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
哭
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
kū
Middle Chinese
‹ khuwk ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁok/
English
weep
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
哭
Reading #
1/1
No.
16031
Phonetic component
獄
Rime group
屋
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
哭
Old Chinese
/*ŋ̊ʰoːɡ/
Notes
說 文 獄 省 聲
Definitions
哭
to weep ; to cry ; to wail
Synonyms
咧咧 ( liēlie ) ( dialectal, of a child ) 哭泣 ( kūqì ) 哭訴 / 哭诉 ( kūsù ) ( to recount tearfully ) 哭鼻子 ( kū bízi ) ( chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous ) 啜氣 / 啜气 ( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) 啜泣 ( chuòqì ) 啼 ( tí ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 啼哭 ( tíkū ) ( to cry loudly ) 嗆 / 呛 ( Hokkien ) 嗚咽 / 呜咽 ( wūyè ) 大哭 ( dàkū ) ( to weep loudly ) 忽喇 ( hueh4 ci1 ) ( Jin ) 抽咽 ( chōuyè ) 抽噎 ( chōuyē ) 抽搭 ( chōuda ) ( colloquial ) 抽泣 ( chōuqì ) 泣 ( literary, or in compounds ) 流淚 / 流泪 ( liúlèi ) ( to shed tears ) 流眼淚 / 流眼泪 ( liú yǎnlèi ) ( to shed tears ) 痛哭 ( tòngkū ) ( to cry bitterly ) 號哭 / 号哭 ( háokū ) ( to wail ) 號啕 / 号啕 ( háotáo ) ( to cry loudly ) 飲泣 / 饮泣 ( yǐnqì ) ( literary, to weep in silence )
Dialectal synonyms of
哭 (“to cry; to weep”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
泣 , 哭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
哭 , 哭泣
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
哭
Taiwan
哭
Harbin
哭 , 哭鼻子 humorous
Malaysia
哭
Singapore
哭
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
哭
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
哭
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
哭
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
哭
Wanrong
哭
Xi'an
哭
Xining
哭
Xuzhou
哭
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
哭
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
哭 , 哭鼻子
Lanzhou
哭
Ürümqi
哭
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
哭
Wuhan
哭
Guiyang
哭
Guilin
哭
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
哭 , 哭鼻子 humorous
Yangzhou
哭
Hefei
哭
Cantonese
Guangzhou
喊
Hong Kong
喊
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
哭
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
哭
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
哭
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
哭
Macau
喊
Guangzhou (Panyu)
喊
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
叫
Guangzhou (Conghua)
哭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
哭
Foshan
喊
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
喊
Foshan (Shunde)
喊
Foshan (Sanshui)
喊
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
喊
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
喊
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
哭
Zhuhai (Doumen)
哭
Jiangmen (Baisha)
哭
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
哭
Taishan
哭
Kaiping (Chikan)
哭
Enping (Niujiang)
哭
Heshan (Yayao)
哭
Dongguan
哭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
哭 , 喊
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
哭
Yangjiang
哭
Nanning
哭
Beihai
哭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
哭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
哭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
哭
Danzhou
哭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
喊
Penang (Guangfu)
喊
Singapore (Guangfu)
喊
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
喊
Móng Cái
哭
Gan
Nanchang
哭 , 叫
Lichuan
啼
Pingxiang
哭
Hakka
Meixian
叫 , 叫眵 , 叫嘴
Xingning
叫
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
哭
Huiyang
叫
Huidong (Daling)
叫
Dongguan (Qingxi)
叫
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
叫
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
叫
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
叫
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
叫
Wuhua (Huacheng)
叫 , 叫嘴
Wuhua (Changbu)
叫 , 叫嘴
Wuhua (Mianyang)
叫 , 叫嘴
Heyuan (Bendihua)
哭
Wengyuan
叫
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
叫嘴
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
叫
Liannan
叫
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
叫
Jiexi
叫
Luhe
叫
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
唩
Changting
唩
Wuping
叫嘴
Wuping (Yanqian)
唩
Wuping (Pingyu)
叫
Liancheng
唩
Ninghua
唩
Yudu
叫
Ningdu
唩
Ruijin
叫
Shicheng
唩
Shangyou (Shexi)
叫
Tonggu (Sandu)
叫嘴
Ganzhou (Panlong)
叫
Dayu
叫
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
叫 , 叫眵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
叫 , 叫眵
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
叫 , 叫眵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
叫 , 叫眵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
唩 , 唩眵
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
唩
Hong Kong
叫
Yangxi (Tangkou)
叫
Yangchun (Sanjia)
叫
Xinyi (Sihe)
叫
Xinyi (Qianpai)
叫
Gaozhou (Xindong)
叫 , 喊
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
叫
Huazhou (Xin'an)
叫
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
叫
Lianjiang (Qingping)
叫
Mengshan (Xihe)
叫
Luchuan
叫
Sabah (Bao'an)
叫
Sabah (Longchuan)
叫 , 叫嘴
Senai (Huiyang)
叫
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
叫
Singkawang
叫
Huizhou
Jixi
嚎
Jin
Taiyuan
哭
Xinzhou
哭
Northern Min
Jian'ou
啼
Jian'ou (Dikou)
啼
Songxi
啼
Zhenghe
啼
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
啼
Jianyang
啼
Wuyishan
啼
Pucheng (Shibei)
啼
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
啼 , 啼嘛
Fuzhou (Changle)
啼
Fuqing
啼
Yongtai
啼
Gutian
啼
Fu'an
嚎
Ningde
嚎
Shouning
嚎
Zhouning
嚎
Fuding
啼 , 哭
Matsu
啼 , 啼嘛
Southern Min
Xiamen
吼 , 哭
Quanzhou
吼 , 哭
Yongchun
吼
Zhangzhou
吼 , 哭
Taipei
吼 , 哭
New Taipei (Sanxia)
吼 , 哭
Kaohsiung
吼 , 哭
Yilan
吼 , 哭
Changhua (Lukang)
吼 , 哭
Taichung
哭 , 吼
Taichung (Wuqi)
哭
Tainan
吼 , 哭
Taitung
吼
Hsinchu
哭 , 吼
Kinmen
吼
Penghu (Magong)
哭 , 吼
Penang (Hokkien)
吼
Singapore (Hokkien)
哭 , 吼
Manila (Hokkien)
吼 , 哭
Longyan
啼
Zhangping
啼
Datian
哭
Pingnan (Shangdu)
吼
Chaozhou
哭
Raoping
哭
Shantou
哭
Jieyang
哭
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
哭
Singapore (Teochew)
哭
Leizhou
哭
Wenchang
哭
Haikou
啼
Singapore (Hainanese)
哭
Puxian Min
Putian
吼
Xianyou
吼
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
哭
Binyang
哭
Shehua
Fu'an
叫
Fuding
叫
Luoyuan
叫
Sanming
叫
Shunchang
叫
Hua'an
叫
Guixi (Zhangping)
叫
Cangnan
叫
Jingning (Hexi)
叫
Lishui
叫
Longyou
叫
Chaozhou
叫
Fengshun
叫
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
啼
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
啼
Wu
Shanghai
哭
Shanghai (Chongming)
哭
Suzhou
哭
Wuxi
哭
Danyang
哭
Hangzhou
哭
Ningbo
哭
Wenzhou
哭
Jinhua
哭
Xiang
Changsha
哭
Loudi
哭
Shuangfeng
哭
Quanzhou
哭
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
哭
(Hyōgai kanji )
to cry ; to wail
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 哭 (MC khuwk ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
哭 (eumhun 울 곡 ( ul gok ) )
hanja form? of 곡 ( “ cry ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
哭 : Hán Nôm readings: khốc , khóc
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