# 遽

| 遽 | U+907D, &#36989; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907D |
| ← 遼 [U+907C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 遾 → [U+907E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

遽 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜心人 (YYPO), four-corner 3130$_3$, composition ⿺辶豦)
* suddenly, unexpectedly
* at once

#### Derived characters

* 蘧, 籧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1266, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39161
* Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3887, character 16
* Unihan data for U+907D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡas) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi$^6$ / geoi$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kū / kīr / kī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ge$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$jiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^6$ / geoi$^3$
*** Yale: geuih / geui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^6$ / goey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^6$ / gêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯²²/, /kɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
*** Tâi-lô: kū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ku
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīr
*** Tâi-lô: kīr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
*** Tâi-lô: kī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ge$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /kɯ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$jiu
*** MiniDict: jiu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jjy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²³/
* Middle Chinese: gjoH
Rime :
| Character | 遽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其據切 |
| Baxter | gjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)a(k)-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡas/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 遽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjo$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ](r)a(k)-s/ |
| English | post horse or carriage |
| 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 | 遽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5265 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遽 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡas/ |

#### Definitions

遽
* post chariot or horse
* hurriedly
* suddenly
* to be afraid
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 匆遽
* 急遽 (jíjù)
* 㥄遽
* 惶遽 (huángjù)
* 疾言遽色
* 薄遽
* 迫遽
* 遑遽
* 遽人
* 遽然 (jùrán)
* 遽爾／遽尔 (jù'ěr)
* 遽色
* 遽變／遽变
* 遽退
* 駭遽／骇遽
* 驚遽／惊遽

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 激?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiak
    (Hailu, HRS): giag
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giag$^5$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiak
*** Hakka Romanization System: giag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯ak̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: giag
*** Sinological IPA: /kiak⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiak̚¹/

#### Definitions

遽
* (Hakka) fast; quick
    From: 1976, 张少林 (Chong Sau Lin), 阿婆買咸菜; translation from Jessica Leo, Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking, pp. 72–73, 444–447, 2015
    Wanna buy? Come quick!

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 疾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 快, 快速, 迅速 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 快 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 快 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 快騰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 快 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 快 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 快 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 快 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 快 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 快, 快當, 快性 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 快 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 快, 快當 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 快 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 快, 𢜶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 快, 𢜶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 快, 𢜶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 快, 快脆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 快, 快脆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 快 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 快 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 快 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 快 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 快, 快脆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 快脆 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 快 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 快 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 快 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 快 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 快 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 快 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 快 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 快 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 快 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 遽, 快 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 遽 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 遽, 快 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 䟐 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 急 |
| Hakka | Pinghe (Jiufeng) | 緊 |
| Hakka | Changting | 䟐 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 䟐 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 遽, 䟐 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 䟐 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 快 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 遽 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 快, 䟐 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 快 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 遽 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 遽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 遽 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 遽, 拚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 遽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 緊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 快 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 遽 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 猛 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 猛 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 猛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 快 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 快 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 快 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 快 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 快 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 快, 猛 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 快 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 快 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 快 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 快 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 猛, 緊 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 猛, 兇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 緊, 猛, 快 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 快 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 緊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 猛, 快 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 猛 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 快 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 猛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 緊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 緊 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 烈 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 烈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 快, 快當 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 快 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 快 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 快 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 快 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 快 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 快 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 快 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 快 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 快 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 快 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 快, 𢜶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 快 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 快, 𢜶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 快, 𢜶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 快 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 快 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 快, 緊 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 快 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 快, 快迅 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 快, 快迅 |

#### Compounds

* 遽手
* 遽板
* 遽活
* 遽鵲／遽鹊

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 遽 – see 蘧 (“fringed pink”). (This character is a variant form of 蘧).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ご (go)
* Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
* Kun: にわか (niwaka, 遽か)、すみやか (sumiyaka, 遽やか)、あわただしい (awatadashii, 遽しい)、せまる (semaru, 遽る)、あわてる (awateru, 遽てる)、おそれる (osoreru, 遽れる)

### References

* “遽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

遽 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

遽: Hán Nôm readings: cự
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