# 嚳

| 嚳 | U+56B3, &#22195; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B3 |
| ← 嚲 [U+56B2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嚴 → [U+56B4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嚳 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹月竹土口 (HBHGR), four-corner 7760$_1$, composition ⿱𦥯告(GHTK) or ⿱𦥯吿(J))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4586
* Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 4
* Unihan data for U+56B3

## Chinese

* 嚳 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Emperor Ku (English)

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 嚳
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 造 | *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ |
| 慥 | *skʰuːɡs |
| 艁 | *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ |
| 糙 | *skʰuːɡs |
| 告 | *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ |
| 誥 | *kuːɡs |
| 郜 | *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ |
| 祰 | *kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ |
| 靠 | *kʰuːɡs |
| 浩 | *ɡuːʔ, *kuːb |
| 晧 | *ɡuːʔ |
| 皓 | *ɡuːʔ |
| 窖 | *kruːɡs |
| 簉 | *skʰruɡs |
| 梏 | *kruːɡ, *kuːɡ |
| 硞 | *kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ |
| 牿 | *kuːɡ |
| 鵠 | *kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ |
| 酷 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 焅 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 嚳 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 頶 | *ɡuːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰuːɡ): phonetic 學 (OC *ɡruːɡ) + semantic 告 (“to tell”). 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ) may also be a phonetic component.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kù (ku$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): guk$^1$ / kuk$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gók
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$khoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kù
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kù
*** Wade–Giles: kʻu$^4$
*** Yale: kù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
*** Palladius: ку (ku)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: guk$^1$ / kuk$^1$
*** Yale: gūk / kūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: guk$^7$ / kuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gug$^1$ / kug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊk̚⁵/, /kʰʊk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gók
*** Sinological IPA : /kouʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok
*** Tâi-lô: khok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khok
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$khoq
*** MiniDict: khoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$khoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰoʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khowk
Rime :
| Character | 嚳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 沃 (6) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦沃切 |
| Baxter | khowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰuok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ku |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | huk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嚳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3826 |
| Phonetic component | 告 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 酷 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰuːɡ/ |

### Definitions

嚳
* (historical or mythological) Emperor Ku
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be urgent; to inform quickly

### Compounds

* 帝嚳 / 帝喾 (Dìkù)

### References

* “嚳”, 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)
* mythical emperor
* to inform quickly
* an urgent communication

#### Readings

* Go-on: こく (koku)
* Kan-on: こく (koku)
* Kun: つげる (tsugeru, 嚳げる)

## Korean
### Hanja

嚳 (eum 곡 (gok))
* mythical emperor
* to inform quickly
* an urgent communication