渴

See also: 渇

Translingual

Han character

渴 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日心女 (EAPV), four-corner 3612₇)

References

• KangXi: page 635, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17788
• Dae Jaweon: page 1042, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1676, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E34

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		渴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kě (ke³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): hot
• Min Nan (POJ): khoah
• Wu (WT Romanisation): kheq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kě
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ
    • Wade-Giles: k'o³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kee
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hot³
    • Yale: hot
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hot
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /hot̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoah
    • Tâi-lô: khuah
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuaʔ³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: kheq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰəʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (渴, reconstructed)
Character (渴), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 曷 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦曷切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɑt̚/	/kʰɑt̚/	/kʰɑt̚/	/kʰɑt̚/	/kʰat̚/	/kʰɑt̚/	/kʰɑt̚/
Character (渴), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 薛 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 渠列切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiᴇt̚/	/gi̯ɛt̚/	/ɡiɛt̚/	/ɡiɛt̚/	/giat̚/	/ɡĭɛt̚/	/ɡjæt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (渴, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
渴								kě								‹ khat ›								/*Nə-[k]ʰˤat/								thirsty
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
渴					5025					曷					月					1					渴					/*kʰaːd/					說文右加欠
渴					5055					曷					月					1					傑					/*ɡrad/					後通作竭

Definitions

渴

1. thirsty

   口渴  ―  kǒukě  ―  thirsty

   渴望  ―  kěwàng  ―  to thirst/to long for

Compounds

Derived terms

• 渴唸／渴念

• 渴待

• 渴慕

• 渴望

• 渴求

• 渴盼

• 渴睡

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Japanese

Kanji

渴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. thirsty
2. parched
3. yearn
4. pine

Readings

• On: かつ (katsu)
• Kun: かわく (kawaku), かわき (kawaki)

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Korean

Hanja

渴 (gal, geol) (hangeul 갈, 걸, McCune-Reischauer kal, kŏl, Yale kal, kel)

1. thirsty

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Vietnamese

Han character

渴 (khát, kiệt, hạt)

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