颶

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See also: 飓
颶 U+98B6, 颶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98B6
← 颵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 颷 →

Translingual

Han character

颶 (Kangxi radical 182, 風+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓月一金 (HNBMC), four-corner 76218, composition ⿺風具)

  1. cyclone, typhoon, gale

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1413, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43876
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1935, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4486, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+98B6

Chinese

trad. 颶
simp. 飓
2nd round simp. 巨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (具) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
俱 *ko, *ɡos
椇 *koʔ
具 *ɡos
埧 *ɡos
颶 *ɡos

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 颶
Reading # 1/1
No. 7136
Phonetic
component 		具
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		懼
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡos/

Definitions

颶

  1. typhoon; hurricane

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

颶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

颶 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

颶: Hán Nôm readings: cụ

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References

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