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噩 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土口口 (MGRR), four-corner 10106, composition)

噩 - Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*ŋaːɡs
*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
崿 *ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*sŋraːɡ
*sraːwɢ
*sraːwɢ
*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
*ŋraɡ
*ŋraɡ
*ŋraɡ
*reːɡ

The same character as , both ultimately derived from or identical to , see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): è (e4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok6
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): go̍k
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): ngag8
  • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑk̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

  1. frightening; startling; shocking; ill-omened

Compounds

噩 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bad
  2. ill-omened
  3. unlucky

Readings

噩 - Korean

Hanja

(ak) (hangeul , revised ak, McCuneReischauer ak)

噩 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

Meaning and Definition of 噩
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