# 淈

| 淈 | U+6DC8, &#28104; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC8 |
| ← 淇 [U+6DC7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淉 → [U+6DC9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淈 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水尸山山 (ESUU), four-corner 3717$_7$, composition ⿰氵屈)
* to muddy
* to mess up, mismanage, bungle, confuse, muddle
* (of water) to circulate
* to be dried up, to be used up, to be exhausted

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17622
* Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1664, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6DC8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 淈
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 聉 | *r̥ʰuːlʔ, *ŋrɯd, *ʔr'uːd, *ŋruːd |
| 贅 | *kljods |
| 祟 | *sqʰluds |
| 出 | *kʰljuds, *kʰljud |
| 茁 | *ʔl'ɯd, *skruːd, *skrod, *skrud |
| 欪 | *qʰlɯd, *l̥ʰud |
| 貀 | *ŋr'uːd |
| 袦 | *ŋr'oːd |
| 咄 | *ʔl'oːd, *ʔl'uːd |
| 柮 | *sɡloːd, *ʔl'uːd |
| 拙 | *kljod |
| 炪 | *kljod, *l̥ʰud |
| 掘 | *ɡlod, *ɡlud |
| 鈯 | *l'uːd |
| 啒 | *kluːd, *qʰluːd |
| 淈 | *kluːd, *ɡluːd |
| 窟 | *kʰluːd |
| 泏 | *kʰluːd, *ʔl'ud |
| 堀 | *kʰluːd, *ɡlud |
| 胐 | *kʰluːd |
| 窋 | *ʔl'ud |
| 絀 | *ʔl'ud |
| 黜 | *l̥ʰud |
| 屈 | *klud, *kʰlud |
| 趉 | *klud |
| 鶌 | *klud |
| 詘 | *kʰlud |
| 倔 | *ɡlud |
| 崛 | *ɡlud, *ŋɡlud |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ (gu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwat$^1$
*** Yale: gwāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gued$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐt̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwot, hot
Rime :
| Character | 淈 | 淈 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 沒 (56) | 麧 (54) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 古忽切 | 下没切 |
| Baxter | kwot | hot |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuət̚/ | /ɦət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuot̚/ | /ɦət̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuət̚/ | /ɣət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwət̚/ | /ɦət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuət̚/ | /ɣət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuət̚/ | /ɣət̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuət̚/ | /ɣət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gu | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwat$^1$ | hat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kluːd/, /*ɡluːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 淈 | 淈 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1564 | 1570 |
| Phonetic component | 出 | 出 |
| Rime group | 物 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 骨 | 麧 |
| Old Chinese | /*kluːd/ | /*ɡluːd/ |

### Definitions

淈
* (archaic) to stir up; to muddy; to agitate; to disturb
    alt. forms: 滑, 汩, 抇

### Compounds

* 汩淈
* 淈淈
* 淈濁／淈浊

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こつ (kotsu)、こち (kochi)
* Kun: にごす (nigosu)

## Korean
### Hanja

淈 • (gul) (hangeul 굴, revised gul, McCune–Reischauer kul, Yale kwul)
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