溘

溘

溘 U+6E98, 溘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E98 ← 溗 [U+6E97] CJK Unified Ideographs 溙 → [U+6E99]

Translingual

Han character

溘 (radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水土戈廿 (EGIT), four-corner 3411₇, composition ⿰氵盍)

1. abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly

References

• KangXi: page 639, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17936
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1693, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6E98

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		溘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'o⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶
    • Yale: hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɑi^H/, /kʰʌp̚/▼

Rime
Character	溘	溘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦蓋切	口荅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑiH/	/kʰʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑiH/	/kʰəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑiH/	/kʰɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰajH/	/kʰəp̚/
Li Rong	/kʰɑiH/	/kʰᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/kʰɑiH/	/kʰɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑiH/	/kʰăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kài	ke

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːbs/, /*kʰoːb/, /*kʰaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溘	溘	溘
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5071	5072	5078
Phonetic component	盍	盍	盍
Rime group	蓋	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	1	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	磕		榼
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːbs/	/*kʰoːb/	/*kʰaːb/
Notes		見離騷	見離騷

Definitions

溘

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Compounds

溘死 溘溘

溘然 溘謝／溘谢

溘逝

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Japanese

Kanji

溘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sudden
2. unexpected

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: たちまち (tachimachi), にわか (niwaka)

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Korean

Hanja

溘 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

溘 (hụp)

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