哭

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋ̥ʰoːɡ): semantic 吅 + phonetic 犬 ‎(OC *kʰʷeːnʔ, “獄”)

Han characterEdit

哭 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口口戈大 (RRIK), four-corner 6643₀, composition ⿱吅犬)

• Shuōwén Jiězì radical №25

DescendantsEdit

• 喪

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 190, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3658
• Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 629, character 2
• Unihan data for U+54ED

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		哭

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk¹
• Min Dong (BUC): kók
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao³

• Wu (Wiktionary): khoq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: k'u¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk¹
    • Yale: hūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kók
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰouʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu
    • Tâi-lô: khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʊ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khoq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 哭
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰu⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kʰu⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kʰu²¹/
	Jinan	/kʰu²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kʰu⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰu²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kʰu²¹/
	Xining	/kʰv̩⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kʰu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kʰu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kʰu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kʰu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/kʰu³¹/
	Guiyang	/kʰu²¹/
	Kunming	/kʰu³¹/
	Nanjing	/kʰuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/kʰuəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰuəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/kʰuʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kʰuəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰoʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/kʰoʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kʰoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/kʰu²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰuʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/kʰu⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/kʰu²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰuʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰuk̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/kʰuk̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hok̚⁵/
	Nanning	/huk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/huk̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kʰɔk/ /kʰau¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰouʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰu²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰau²¹³/ 訓讀
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/xau³⁵/ 訓號

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	哭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	空谷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuk̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̥ʰoːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	哭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kū
Middle Chinese	‹ khuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]ˤok/
English	weep
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哭
Reading #	1/1
No.	16031
Phonetic component	獄
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	哭
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̥ʰoːɡ/
Notes	說文獄省聲

DefinitionsEdit

哭

1. to weep, to cry, to wail

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

哭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: こく (koku)
• Kan’on: こく (koku)
• Kun: なく (naku)

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

哀哭 (あいこく) ‎(aikoku) 憂 (う)き哭 (ね) ‎(ukine) 哭 (おら)ぶ ‎(orabu) 鬼哭 (きこく) ‎(kikoku): the wailing of a ghost, or the sound thereof 泣哭 (きゅうこく) ‎(kyūkoku) 号哭 (ごうこく) ‎(gōkoku) 哭 (こく)す ‎(kokusu) 哭 (こく)する ‎(kokusuru) 哭声 (こくせい) ‎(kokusei) 哭慟 (こくどう) ‎(kokudō) 哭泣 (こっきゅう) ‎(kokkyū) 痛哭 (つうこく) ‎(tsūkoku) 啼哭 (ていこく) ‎(teikoku) 慟哭 (どうこく) ‎(dōkoku) 哭 (な)き女 (め) ‎(nakime) 御哭 (みね) ‎(mine)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

哭 • ‎(gok) (hangeul 곡, McCune-Reischauer kok)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

哭 (khốc, khóc)

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