酷

Translingual

Han character

酷 (radical 164 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹土口 (MWHGR), four-corner 1466₁)

1. strong, stimulating
2. very

References

• KangXi: Template:Han KangXi link, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39870
• Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3583, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9177

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Cantonese

Hanzi

酷 (Yale huk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

酷

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こく (koku), かく (kaku)
• Kun: きびしい (kibishii), はなはだし (hanahadashi), むごい (mugoi)

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Korean

Hanja

酷 (hok) (hangeul 혹, revised hok, McCune-Reischauer hok, Yale hok)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
酷

Hanzi

酷 (Pinyin kù (ku4), Wade-Giles k'u⁴)

Etymology 1

• 酉 "wine" + 告 phonetic.

Adjective

酷 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kù)

1. cruel

   殘酷 (trad.), 残酷 (simp.)

2. to an extreme degree

   酷愛 (trad.), 酷爱 (simp.)

Compounds

• 酷刑

Etymology 2

• Transliteration from English cool.

Adjective

酷 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kù)

1. (slang) cool

Usage notes

Whilst English "cool" may be used in a wide variety of contexts, the Chinese 酷 kù (and, by extension, 酷毙) is usually only used to describe something fashionable or extraordinary.

Synonyms

• 酷斃 (trad.), 酷毙 (simp.)

See also

• 牛
• 強 (trad.), 强 (simp.)
• 絕 (trad.), 绝 (simp.)

• 2007, Jiequn Li; Jieming Li, Yong'an Gao, Junying Ma, Jian Leng, C.L. Shannon, Pingchao Gu, Andrew Gluckman, Popular Chinese Expressions (流行汉语), edition Latest (in English/Mandarin), Beijing: Sinolingua, ISBN 978-7-80200-100-8:
• 2008, Shujuan Li, Popular Chinese Expressions (流行汉语), edition 2nd (in English/Mandarin), Beijing: Sinolingua, ISBN 978-7-80200-388-0:

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Vietnamese

Han character

酷 (khốc)