喔
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Han character
喔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口尸一土 (RSMG), four-corner 67014, composition ⿰口屋)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 198, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3940
- Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 662, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5594
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qroːɡ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Standard Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wò
- Wade–Giles: wo4
- Yale: wò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
- Palladius: во (vo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Standard Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wo
- Wade–Giles: wo1
- Yale: wō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uo
- Palladius: во (vo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wu
- Wade–Giles: wu1
- Yale: wū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
- Palladius: у (u)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Standard Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ak1 / ok1 / ngak1
- Yale: āk / ōk / ngāk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ak7 / ok7 / ngak7
- Guangdong Romanization: eg1 / og1 / ngeg1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /ɔːk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
- Tâi-lô: ak
- Phofsit Daibuun: ag
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
- Tâi-lô: ok
- Phofsit Daibuun: og
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: 'aewk
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/
Definitions
喔
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: o
- Wade–Giles: o1
- Yale: ō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: o
- Palladius: о (o)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: o1
- Yale: ō
- Cantonese Pinyin: o1
- Guangdong Romanization: o1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘h
- Tâi-lô: ooh
- Phofsit Daibuun: oq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Interjection
喔
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --o͘h
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --o͘h
- Tâi-lô: --ooh
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Interjection
喔
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests
Synonyms
References
- “喔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “Entry #8197”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Kanji
喔
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Readings
Hanja
喔 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak)
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Han character
喔: Hán Nôm readings: ác, ộc, ọt, ốc, ủ
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