焅

Translingual

Han character

焅 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火竹土口 (FHGR), composition ⿰火告)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 672, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19071
• Dae Jaweon: page 1080, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2204, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7105

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

trad.		焅
simp. #		焅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kù (ku⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴
    • Yale: kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khowk

Rime
Character	焅
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku
Expected Cantonese Reflex	huk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焅
Reading #	1/1
No.	3825
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酷
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 焅

1. ^† hot, dry air
2. ^† to stir-fry and boil (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 酷 (kù, “cruel”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 焅 – see 熇 (“to bake”). (This character is a variant form of 熇).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 焅 – see 焗 (“stuffy; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 焗).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C06727

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Japanese

Kanji

焅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こく (koku), こう (kō)
• Kun: かわかす (kawakasu)