喔

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喔 U+5594, 喔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5594
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 喕 →

Translingual

Han character

喔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口尸一土 (RSMG), four-corner 67014, composition ⿰口屋)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 198, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3940
  • Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 662, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5594

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 喔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
握 *qroːɡ
幄 *qroːɡ
偓 *qroːɡ
渥 *qroːɡ
齷 *qroːɡ
楃 *qroːɡ
喔 *qroːɡ
腛 *qroːɡ
媉 *qroːɡ
屋 *qoːɡ
剭 *qoːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qroːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 喔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 覺 (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於角切
Baxter 'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɔk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ok3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 喔
Reading # 1/1
No. 13072
Phonetic
component 		屋
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		渥
Old
Chinese 		/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

喔

  1. the sound of a chicken: cluck

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

喔

  1. Particle conveying realization.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

喔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): あく (aku)、らく (raku)、おく (oku)

Korean

Hanja

喔 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喔: Hán Nôm readings: ác, ộc, ọt, ốc, ủ

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