渴

See also: 渇

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		渴
simp. #		渴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 渴
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
愒	*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	*qaːds, *qaːd
餲	*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝	*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈	*ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲	*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	*klaːd, *rab
渴	*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	*qʰaːd, *qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	*ɡrad, *ɡad
碣	*ɡrad, *ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 渴

1. thirsty

   口渴  ―  kǒukě  ―  thirsty

   渴望  ―  kěwàng  ―  to thirst/to long for

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 渴 (“thirsty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口渴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	渴
	Taiwan	渴
	Singapore	口渴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	渴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	渴, 炕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	口乾, 渴
	Wuhan	渴, 口乾
	Guilin	渴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嘴乾
	Hefei	渴, 口乾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頸渴
	Hong Kong	頸渴, 口渴, 口乾
	Taishan	頸渴
	Yangjiang	頸渴, 渴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口乾, 頸渴, 口渴
Gan	Nanchang	渴
Hakka	Meixian	肚渴, 渴
	Xingning	嘴渴
	Huidong (Daling)	渴
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頸渴
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頸渴
	Changting	嘴燥
	Wuping	嘴恁燥, 嘴恁渴
	Wuping (Pingyu)	肚渴
	Liancheng	嘴燥
	Ninghua	口燥
	Ruijin	嘴燥
	Shicheng	嘴燥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	口乾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴渴
Jin	Taiyuan	渴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙焦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	渴, 喙焦
	Matsu	喙焦
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙焦, 喙渴
	Quanzhou	喙焦
	Zhangzhou	喙焦, 喙渴, 喙堅
	Zhao'an	喙渴
	Taipei	喙焦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙焦喉渴
	Kaohsiung	喙焦
	Yilan	喙焦
	Changhua (Lukang)	喙焦
	Taichung	喙焦
	Tainan	喙焦
	Hsinchu	喙焦
	Kinmen	喙焦
	Penghu (Magong)	喙焦
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙焦
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙焦
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙焦
	Chaozhou	喉焦
	Shantou	喉焦
	Jieyang	喉焦
	Haifeng	喉渴
	Singapore (Teochew)	喉焦
	Pontianak (Teochew)	喉焦
	Wenchang	渴
	Haikou	喙渴
	Singapore (Hainanese)	渴, 喙渴
Wu	Suzhou	嘴乾
	Danyang	口乾
	Wenzhou	渴, 口燥
Xiang	Changsha	口乾, 乾
	Shuangfeng	口乾, 乾

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai	渇
Kyūjitai	渴

Kanji

渴

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 渇)

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

Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu); かち (kachi); けつ (ketsu); げち (gechi); かい (kai)
• Kun: かわく (kawaku, 渴く)

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Korean

Hanja

渴 • (gal, geol)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 갈, 걸 (McCune–Reischauer: kal, kŏl, Yale: kal, kel)
  • Name (hangeul): 목마를
    

1. thirsty

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 渴 (khát, kiệt, hạt)

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