嚄

Translingual

Han character

嚄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口廿人水 (RTOE), four-corner 6404₇, composition ⿰口蒦)

1. roar

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 211, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4452
• Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 688, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5684

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Chinese

trad.		嚄
simp. #		嚄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蒦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
檴	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護	*ɢʷraːɡs
頀	*ɢʷraːɡs
濩	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄	*ɢʷraːɡs
鳠	*ɢʷraːɡs
擭	*ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁	*ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐	*qʰʷaːɡ
穫	*ɢʷaːɡ
鑊	*ɢʷaːɡ
矆	*qʰʷaɡ
鸌	*qʷaːɡ
雘	*qʷaːɡ
蠖	*qʷaːɡ
臒	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠	*qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄	*ɢʷraːɡ
獲	*ɢʷraːɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒ (o³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ / o² / wok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒ
    • Wade–Giles: o³
    • Yale: ǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oo
    • Palladius: о (o)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ / o² / wok⁶
    • Yale: waahk / ó / wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ / o² / wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ / o² / wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚²/, /ɔː³⁵/, /wɔːk̚²/

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

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• Middle Chinese: hwaek

Rime
Character	嚄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	陌 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡伯切
Baxter	hwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚄
Reading #	1/1
No.	5598
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嚄
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷraːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚄

1. # Used to express realization or doubt:

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00454
• “嚄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huō, huò (huo¹, huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛ, ㄏㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huo
    • Wade–Giles: huo¹
    • Yale: hwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaek

Rime
Character	嚄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	陌 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡伯切
Baxter	hwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚄
Reading #	1/1
No.	5598
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嚄
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷraːɡ/

Definitions

1. (used to express surprise)

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Japanese

Kanji

嚄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. roar

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku); わく (waku)

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Korean

Hanja

嚄 • (hoek) (hangeul 획, revised hoek, McCune–Reischauer hoek)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嚄 (quác)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.