嚳

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See also: 喾
嚳 U+56B3, 嚳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B3
← 嚲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚴 →

Translingual

Han character

嚳 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹月竹土口 (HBHGR), four-corner 77601, composition ⿱𦥯告(GHTK) or ⿱𦥯吿(J))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+56B3

Chinese

trad. 嚳
simp. 喾
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嚳
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (告) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
造 *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥 *skʰuːɡs
艁 *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙 *skʰuːɡs
告 *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥 *kuːɡs
郜 *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰 *kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠 *kʰuːɡs
浩 *ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧 *ɡuːʔ
皓 *ɡuːʔ
窖 *kruːɡs
簉 *skʰruɡs
梏 *kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞 *kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿 *kuːɡ
鵠 *kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷 *kʰuːɡ
焅 *kʰuːɡ
嚳 *kʰuːɡ
頶 *ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰuːɡ) : phonetic 學 (OC *ɡruːɡ) + semantic 告 (“to tell”). 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ) may also be a phonetic component.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嚳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 沃 (6)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦沃切
Baxter khowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰuok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰuok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/kʰok̚/
Wang
Li 		/kʰuok̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰuok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ku
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		huk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嚳
Reading # 1/1
No. 3826
Phonetic
component 		告
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		酷
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰuːɡ/

Definitions

嚳

  1. (historical or mythological) Emperor Ku
  2. † to be urgent; to inform quickly

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

嚳

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mythical emperor
  2. to inform quickly
  3. an urgent communication

Readings

  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: こく (koku)
  • Kun: つげる (tsugeru, 嚳げる)

Korean

Hanja

嚳 (eum 곡 (gok))

  1. mythical emperor
  2. to inform quickly
  3. an urgent communication
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