酷
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Translingual
Han character
酷 (radical 164, 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹土口 (MWHGR), four-corner 14661, composition ⿰酉告)
References
- KangXi: page 1283, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39870
- Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3583, character 10
- Unihan data for U+9177
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
酷 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (告) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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, OC *kʰuːɡ) : semantic 酉 (“alcoholic drink”) + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).
Etymology
Original meaning was “cruel”. The sense “cool” is a phono-semantic matching of English cool.
Pronunciation
Definitions
酷
Usage notes
Whilst English "cool" may be used in a wide variety of contexts, 酷 (and, by extension, 酷斃／酷毙 (kùbì)) is usually only used to describe something fashionable or extraordinary.
Japanese
Kanji
酷
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Korean
Hanja
酷 • (hok) (hangeul 혹, revised hok, McCune–Reischauer hok, Yale hok)
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Vietnamese
Han character
酷 (khốc)
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