溘

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𤂠

References

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

Chinese

Historical forms of the character 溘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (盍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蓋	*kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb
盖	*kaːbs
溘	*kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb
搕	*qoːb
嗑	*kaːb, *ɡaːb
榼	*kʰaːb
磕	*kʰaːb, *kʰaːd
瞌	*kʰaːb
盍	*ɡaːb
闔	*ɡaːb
篕	*ɡaːb
熆	*ɡaːb
鰪	*qaːb
廅	*qaːb
圔	*qroːb
饁	*ɢrab

simp. and trad.		溘

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
    • Yale: kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hap⁶
    • Yale: hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: khop

Rime
Character	溘
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	口荅切
Baxter	khop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəp̚/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/kʰɒp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ke
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːb/

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

Definitions

溘

1. (literary) abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
2. (literary) to rely on; to cover

Compounds

• 溘死
• 溘溘
• 溘然
• 溘然謝世 / 溘然谢世
• 溘然長逝 / 溘然长逝
• 溘謝 / 溘谢
• 溘逝

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kài (kai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai⁴
    • Yale: kài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kay
    • Palladius: кай (kaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khajH

Rime
Character	溘
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦蓋切
Baxter	khajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰajH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑiH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溘
Reading #	1/3
No.	5071
Phonetic component	盍
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	磕
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːbs/

Definitions

溘

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Pronunciation 2

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溘
Reading #	2/3
No.	5072
Phonetic component	盍
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːb/
Notes	見離騷

Japanese

Kanji

溘

(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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

溘: Hán Nôm readings: hụp

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