See also:
U+54AF, 咯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AF

[U+54AE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54B0]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口竹水口 (RHER), four-corner 67064, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 187, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3550
  • Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 620, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+54AF

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声): semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *klaːɡ).

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. to expel from the throat
  2. an interjection, the sound of coughing

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation edit


Note: Also /lə⁵⁵/.

Definitions edit

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) Sentence-final particle indicating that something is obvious.

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. Used in 咯噠咯哒.
  2. an interjection, the sound of coughing, chicken's clucking, etc.
  3. (Hokkien) sound of hens clucking
  4. (Mainland China Hokkien) sound of swallowing
  5. (Mainland China Hokkien) to take a big gulp quickly

Compounds edit

Etymology 4 edit

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. Only used in 吡咯 (bǐluò).

Etymology 5 edit

Pronunciation edit


Pronoun edit

  1. (Xiang) this
Synonyms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Contraction of 咯樣咯样

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Xiang) so; such
Synonyms edit

Etymology 7 edit

Contraction of 咯一

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Xiang) this
Synonyms edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(gak) (hangeul , revised gak, McCune–Reischauer kak)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.