聒

Translingual

Han character

聒 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹十口 (SJHJR), four-corner 1216₄, composition ⿰耳舌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 967, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29062
• Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2788, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8052

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Chinese

trad.		聒
simp. #		聒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guō, guā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛ, ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo¹
    • Yale: gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gua
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kut³
    • Yale: kut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwat

Rime
Character	聒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古活切
Baxter	kwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聒
Reading #	1/1
No.	7573
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 聒

1. noisy; clamorous; uproarious

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Japanese

Kanji

聒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. noisy

Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)
• Kun: かまびすし (kamabisushi)

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Korean

Hanja

聒 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal, Yale kwal)

1. clamor
2. din, hubbub