嚳

See also: 喾

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

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Chinese

trad.		嚳
simp.		喾

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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚳

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

References

• “嚳”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

嚳

(uncommon “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)

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Korean

Hanja

嚳 • (gok) (hangeul 곡, revised gok, McCune–Reischauer kok)

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