遽

遽 U+907D, 遽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907D ← 遼 [U+907C] CJK Unified Ideographs 遾 → [U+907E]

Translingual

Han character

遽 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜心人 (YYPO), four-corner 3130₃, composition ⿺辶豦)

1. suddenly, unexpectedly
2. at once

Derived characters

• 蘧, 籧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1266, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39161
• Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3887, character 16
• Unihan data for U+907D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡas): semantic 辵 + phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa).

Etymology 1

trad.		遽
simp. #		遽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ / geoi³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gi³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū / kīr / kī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶ / geoi³
    • Yale: geuih / geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ / goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ / gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/, /kɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīr
    • Tâi-lô: kīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jiu
    • MiniDict: jiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoH

Rime
Character	遽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其據切
Baxter	gjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)a(k)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jù
Middle Chinese	‹ gjoH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)a(k)-s/
English	post horse or carriage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遽
Reading #	1/1
No.	5265
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遽
Old Chinese	/*ɡas/

Definitions

遽

1. post chariot or horse
2. hurriedly
3. suddenly
4. to be afraid
5. a surname

Compounds

• 匆遽
• 急遽 (jíjù)
• 㥄遽
• 惶遽 (huángjù)
• 疾言遽色
• 薄遽
• 迫遽
• 遑遽
• 遽人
• 遽然 (jùrán)
• 遽爾 / 遽尔 (jù'ěr)
• 遽色
• 遽變 / 遽变
• 遽退
• 駭遽 / 骇遽
• 驚遽 / 惊遽

Etymology 2

trad.		遽
simp. #		遽
alternative forms		快 kiak

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 激?”)

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiak

  (Hailu, HRS): giag

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giag⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: giag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ak̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giag
    • Sinological IPA: /kiak⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kiak̚¹/

Definitions

遽

1. (Hakka) fast; quick
   • 1976, “阿婆買咸菜”‎performed by 张少林 [Chong Sau Lin]:

     愛買kiak kiak來／爱买kiak kiak来 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka]  ―  Wanna buy? Come quick!^{[note 1]}

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		疾, 速
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		快, 快速, 迅速
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	快
	Taiwan	快
	Harbin	快騰
	Malaysia	快
	Singapore	快
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	快
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	快
	Xi'an	快
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	快, 快當, 快性
	Wuhan	快
	Guiyang	快, 快當
	Guilin	快
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	快, 𢜶
	Yangzhou	快, 𢜶
	Hefei	快, 𢜶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	快, 快脆
	Hong Kong	快, 快脆
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	快
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	快
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	快
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	快
	Taishan	快, 快脆
	Dongguan	快脆
	Qingyuan	快
	Yangjiang	快
	Danzhou	快
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	快
	Penang (Guangfu)	快
	Singapore (Guangfu)	快
Gan	Nanchang	快
	Lichuan	快
	Pingxiang	快
Hakka	Meixian	遽, 快
	Xingning	遽
	Huidong (Daling)	遽, 快
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	䟐
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	急
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	緊
	Changting	䟐
	Wuping	䟐
	Wuping (Pingyu)	遽, 䟐
	Ninghua	䟐
	Yudu	快
	Ruijin	遽
	Shicheng	快, 䟐
	Shangyou (Shexi)	快
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	遽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	遽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	遽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	遽, 拚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	遽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	緊
	Hong Kong	快
	Senai (Huiyang)	遽
	Kuching (Hepo)	猛
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	猛
	Singkawang	猛
Huizhou	Jixi	快
Jin	Taiyuan	快
Northern Min	Jian'ou	快
	Songxi	快
	Jianyang	快
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	快, 猛
	Gutian	快
	Ningde	快
	Zhouning	快
	Fuding	快
Southern Min	Xiamen	緊
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	緊
	Quanzhou	緊
	Jinjiang	緊
	Anxi	緊
	Yongchun	緊
	Zhangzhou	猛, 緊
	Zhao'an	猛, 兇
	Taipei	緊
	Kaohsiung	緊
	Tainan	緊
	Penang (Hokkien)	緊, 猛, 快
	Singapore (Hokkien)	緊
	Manila (Hokkien)	緊
	Longyan	快
	Datian	緊
	Chaozhou	猛
	Shantou	猛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	猛
	Jieyang	猛
	Haifeng	猛
	Bangkok (Teochew)	猛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	猛
	Singapore (Teochew)	猛
	Leizhou	猛
	Wenchang	猛, 快
	Haikou	猛
	Qionghai	快
	Singapore (Hainanese)	猛
Puxian Min	Putian	緊
	Xianyou	緊
Central Min	Yong'an	烈
	Sanming (Shaxian)	烈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	快, 快當
Shehua	Fu'an	快
	Fuding	快
	Luoyuan	快
	Shunchang	快
	Hua'an	快
	Guixi (Zhangping)	快
	Cangnan	快
	Jingning (Hexi)	快
	Lishui	快
	Longyou	快
Wu	Shanghai	快, 𢜶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	快
	Suzhou	快, 𢜶
	Danyang	快, 𢜶
	Hangzhou	快
	Ningbo	快
	Wenzhou	快, 緊
	Jinhua	快
Xiang	Changsha	快, 快迅
	Shuangfeng	快, 快迅

Compounds

• 遽手
• 遽板
• 遽活
• 遽鵲 / 遽鹊

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 遽 – see 蘧 (“fringed pink”). (This character is a variant form of 蘧).

Notes

1. translation from Jessica Leo (2015), Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking‎, pages 72–73, 444–447

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 遽

遽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: にわか (niwaka, 遽か)、すみやか (sumiyaka, 遽やか)、あわただしい (awatadashii, 遽しい)、せまる (semaru, 遽る)、あわてる (awateru, 遽てる)、おそれる (osoreru, 遽れる)

References

• “遽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

遽 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遽: Hán Nôm readings: cự

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