# 噩

| 噩 | U+5669, &#22121; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5669 |
| ← 器 [U+5668] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 噪 → [U+566A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

噩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土口口 (MGRR), four-corner 1010$_6$, composition ⿻王㗊)

#### Derived characters

* 𡓐, 𪦰, 𱩽, 櫮, 讍, 鑩, 鱷, 𱈚, 𬪠, 𣤲, 𡅡, 䫷, 𡾙, 蘁

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 210, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4377
* Dae Jaweon: page 432, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 688, character 12
* Unihan data for U+5669

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 斥 | *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ |
| 訴 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 泝 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 愬 | *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ |
| 遡 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 塑 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 溯 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 遻 | *ŋaːɡs |
| 柝 | *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ |
| 鶚 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 諤 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 齶 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鍔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 遌 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 崿 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 偔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 堮 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 湂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鱷 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 噩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 咢 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鑩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鄂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鰐 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 萼 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 愕 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 顎 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 朔 | *sŋraːɡ |
| 槊 | *sraːwɢ |
| 蒴 | *sraːwɢ |
| 坼 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 拆 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 逆 | *ŋraɡ |
| 屰 | *ŋraɡ |
| 縌 | *ŋraɡ |
| 蝷 | *reːɡ |
The same character as 咢, both ultimately derived from or identical to 喪, see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): go̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngag$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: è
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: è
*** Wade–Giles: o$^4$
*** Yale: è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngok$^6$
*** Yale: ngohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k
*** Tâi-lô: go̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gok
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔk̚¹²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋak̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ngak
Rime :
| Character | 噩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五各切 |
| Baxter | ngak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | è |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 噩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9460 |
| Phonetic component | 屰 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 咢 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːɡ/ |
| Notes | 金文從四口從屰， 隸變爲噩咢 |

### Definitions

噩
* frightening; startling; shocking; ill-omened

### Compounds

* 噩噩 (è'è)
* 噩夢／噩梦 (èmèng)
* 噩耗 (èhào)
* 噩運／噩运 (èyùn)
* 渾噩／浑噩
* 渾渾噩噩／浑浑噩噩 (húnhún'è'è)

### References

* “噩”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* bad
* ill-omened
* unlucky

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): がく (gaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

噩: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc
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