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亟

亟

亟 U+4E9F, 亟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9F
← 亞
[U+4E9E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亠 →
[U+4EA0]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亟 (radical 7 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一水一 (MEM), four-corner 10104, composition ⿱⿻了叹一 (G) or ⿱⿻丂叹一 (TJKV))

  1. urgently, immediately, extremely

References

  • KangXi: page 87, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 279
  • Dae Jaweon: page 184, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 55, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4E9F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 亟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亟
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j28200

j28201
Bronze inscriptions

b18634

b18635

b18636

b18637

b18638

b18639

b18640
Large seal script

L20161

L20162

L20163

L20164
Small seal script

s10126
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (茍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
亟 *kʰɯɡs, *kɯɡ
茍 *kɯɡ
殛 *kɯɡ
極 *ɡɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 亟 亟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 去吏切 紀力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɨH/ /kɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰɨH/ /kɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰieH/ /kiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɨH/ /kik̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰiəH/ /kiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰĭəH/ /kĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰiH/ /ki̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qì ji
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亟 亟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jí qì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kik › ‹ khiH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k(r)ək/ /*kʰ(r)ək-s/
English urgently often

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 亟 亟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5734 5736
Phonetic
component		 茍 茍
Rime
group		 志 職
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 亟 殛
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰɯɡs/ /*kɯɡ/

Definitions

亟

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Compounds

  • 亟亟
  • 亟待
  • 亟思
  • 亟欲
  • 亟需
  • 需才孔亟

References

Japanese

Kanji

亟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

亟 • ‎(geuk, gi) (hangeul 극, 기, revised geuk, gi, McCune-Reischauer kŭk, ki, Yale ****, ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亟 (cấc, cức, cực)

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References

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