# 喔

| 喔 | U+5594, &#21908; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5594 |
| ← 喓 [U+5593] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 喕 → [U+5595] |

## Translingual
### Han character

喔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口尸一土 (RSMG), four-corner 6701$_4$, composition ⿰口屋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 198, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3940
* Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 662, character 12
* Unihan data for U+5594

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 握 | *qroːɡ |
| 幄 | *qroːɡ |
| 偓 | *qroːɡ |
| 渥 | *qroːɡ |
| 齷 | *qroːɡ |
| 楃 | *qroːɡ |
| 喔 | *qroːɡ |
| 腛 | *qroːɡ |
| 媉 | *qroːɡ |
| 屋 | *qoːɡ |
| 剭 | *qoːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qroːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wò, wō, wū (wo$^4$, wo$^1$, wu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ, ㄨㄛ, ㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ak$^1$ / ok$^1$ / ngak$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Standard Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wò
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wò
*** Wade–Giles: wo$^4$
*** Yale: wò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
*** Palladius: во (vo)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Standard Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wō
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wo
*** Wade–Giles: wo$^1$
*** Yale: wō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uo
*** Palladius: во (vo)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wū
*** Zhuyin: ㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wu
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^1$
*** Yale: wū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ak$^1$ / ok$^1$ / ngak$^1$
*** Yale: āk / ōk / ngāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ak$^7$ / ok$^7$ / ngak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eg$^1$ / og$^1$ / ngeg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐk̚⁵/, /ɔːk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
*** Tâi-lô: ak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ag
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
*** Tâi-lô: ok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: og
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: 'aewk
Rime :
| Character | 喔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 於角切 |
| Baxter | 'aewk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɔk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yue |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 喔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13072 |
| Phonetic component | 屋 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 渥 |
| Old Chinese | /*qroːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

喔
* the sound of a chicken: cluck

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ō (o$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): o$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘h
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ō
*** Zhuyin: ㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: o
*** Wade–Giles: o$^1$
*** Yale: ō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: o
*** Palladius: о (o)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: o$^1$
*** Yale: ō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: o$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: o$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘h
*** Tâi-lô: ooh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔʔ³²/

#### Interjection

喔
* Particle conveying realization or surprise.

### Compounds

* 呃喔
* 咿喔
* 喔呀
* 喔咿
* 喔咿嚅唲
* 喔唷
* 喔喔
* 喔喲／喔哟
* 喹喔啉 (kuí'ōlín)
* 喔嚄
* 嚶喔／嘤喔

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --o͘h
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --o͘h
*** Tâi-lô: --ooh

#### Interjection

喔
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 啦, 吧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啦 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啦 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 唷 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 喔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 喔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啦 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 唷, 閣 |

### References

* “喔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “Entry #8197”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): あく (aku)、らく (raku)、おく (oku)

## Korean
### Hanja

喔 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

喔: Hán Nôm readings: ác, ộc, ọt, ốc, ủ
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