汩

See also: 汨

汩 U+6C69, 汩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C69 ← 汨 [U+6C68] CJK Unified Ideographs 汪 → [U+6C6A]

Translingual

Han character

汩 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水日 (EA) or 難難水日 (XXEA), four-corner 3610₀, composition ⿰氵曰)

Usage notes

• This character is not to be confused with 汨 (U+6C68) which is written with 日 (“sun”) as its right component.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 607, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17153
• Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1565, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C69

Chinese

trad.		汩
simp. #		汩
alternative forms		𭥚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
曰	*ɢʷad
汩	*kʷɯːd, *ɡʷɯd

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷɯːd, *ɡʷɯd): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 曰 (OC *ɢʷad).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	汩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古忽切
Baxter	kwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwət̚/
Li Rong	/kuət̚/
Wang Li	/kuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汩
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʷ]ˁ[ə]t/
English	regulate (rivers)
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	汩
Reading #	1/2
No.	16313
Phonetic component	曰
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	骨
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwat¹
    • Yale: gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwot

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʷ]ˤ[ə]t/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːd/

Definitions

汩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to regulate rivers; to govern or manage

   Synonym: 治

   • 不任汩鴻，師何以尚之。僉曰何憂，何不課而行之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不任汩鸿，师何以尚之。佥曰何忧，何不课而行之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Bù rèn gǔ hóng, shī hé yǐ shàng zhī. Qiān yuē hé yōu, hé bù kè ér xíng zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to create disorder; to make chaos; to disturb

   alt. forms: 滑, 淈 (gǔ), 抇

   Synonym: 亂 / 乱 (luàn)

   • 箕子乃言曰：「我聞在昔，鯀堙洪水，汩陳其五行。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     箕子乃言曰：「我闻在昔，鲧堙洪水，汩陈其五行。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Jīzǐ nǎi yán yuē: “Wǒ wén zài xī, gǔn yīn hóng shuǐ, gǔ chén qí wǔxíng.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to submerge; to flood

   Synonym: 淹沒 / 淹没 (yānmò)

   • 羲和羲和，汝奚汩沒於荒淫之波。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     羲和羲和，汝奚汩没于荒淫之波。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李白 (Li Bai) 《日出入行》

     Xīhé xīhé, rǔ xī gǔ méi yú huāngyín zhī bō. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 薄日月，優光景，感震電，神變化，水下土，汩陵谷。雲亦靈怪矣哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     薄日月，优光景，感震电，神变化，水下土，汩陵谷。云亦灵怪矣哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 韓愈 (Han Yu) 《雜說四首》

     Bó rìyuè, yōu guāngjǐng, gǎn zhèn diàn, shén biànhuà, shuǐ xià tǔ, gǔ líng gǔ. Yún yì língguài yǐ zāi! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to indulge in; to wallow

   Synonym: 沉迷 (chénmí)

   • 鍾愛於男女，素期效死，夫亦不蔽也。大凡以斷割不為麗色所汩，豈若是乎？ [MSC, trad.]
     钟爱于男女，素期效死，夫亦不蔽也。大凡以断割不为丽色所汩，岂若是乎？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 孟簡 《詠歐陽行周事》

     Zhōng'ài yú nánnǚ, sù qī xiào sǐ, fū yì bù bì yě. Dàfán yǐ duàn gē bùwèi lì sè suǒ gǔ, qǐ ruò shì hū? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (literary) appearance of water flowing rapidly

   • 浩浩沅湘，分流汩兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Hàohào yuán xiāng, fēnliú gǔ xī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (literary, onomatopoeia) Used in 汩汩 (“sound of water flowing”).

   • 汩汩在塵埃，羈懷不暫開。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汩汩在尘埃，羁怀不暂开。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 丁鹤年 《汩汩》

     Gǔgǔ zài chén'āi, jīhuái bù zàn kāi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 怳兮忽兮，聊兮慄兮，混汩汩兮，忽兮慌兮，俶兮儻兮，浩瀇瀁兮，慌曠曠兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     怳兮忽兮，聊兮栗兮，混汩汩兮，忽兮慌兮，俶兮傥兮，浩㲿瀁兮，慌旷旷兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 枚乘 《七發》

     怳 xī hū xī, liáo xī lì xī, hùn gǔgǔ xī, hū xī huāng xī, chù xī tǎng xī, hào 瀇瀁 xī, huāng kuàngkuàng xī. [Pinyin]

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7. a surname

Compounds

• 汩亂 / 汩乱
• 汩喪 / 汩丧
• 汩振
• 汩暗
• 汩汩
• 汩沒 / 汩没
• 汩泥
• 汩湮
• 汩溺
• 汩碌碌
• 汩越
• 汩都都
• 汩陳 / 汩陈
• 淟汩
• 瀝瀝汩汩 / 沥沥汩汩

Pronunciation 2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汩
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ hwit ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢʷ]rət/
English	flow; go fast
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	汩
Reading #	2/2
No.	16314
Phonetic component	曰
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫻
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷɯd/
Notes	見離騷

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wat⁶
    • Yale: waht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢʷ]rət/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷɯd/

Definitions

汩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 𡿯 (yù, “flow of water”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) appearance of rapid movement

   • 引盈車之魚，於百仞之淵、汩流之中；綸不絕，鉤不伸，竿不撓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     引盈车之鱼，于百仞之渊、汩流之中；纶不绝，钩不伸，竿不挠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Yǐn yíng chē zhī yú, yú bǎi rèn zhī yuān, gǔ liú zhī zhōng; lún bù jué, gōu bù shēn, gān bù náo. [Pinyin]

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   • 扈江離與辟芷兮，紉秋蘭以為佩。汩余若將不及兮，恐年歲之不吾與。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     扈江离与辟芷兮，纫秋兰以为佩。汩余若将不及兮，恐年岁之不吾与。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Hù jiāng lí yǔ pì zhǐ xī, rèn qiū lán yǐ wèi pèi. Gǔ yú ruò jiāng bù jí xī, kǒng niánsuì zhī bù wú yǔ. [Pinyin]

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3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clean appearance

Compounds

• 悲風汩起 / 悲风汩起
• 汩徂
• 汩流
• 汩淴
• 汩淢
• 汩淈
• 汩湧 / 汩涌
• 汩㴔
• 汩湟
• 汩潏
• 汩越

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/

Definitions

汩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) surge

   Synonym: 湧波 / 涌波

   • 吾始乎故，長乎性，成乎命。與齊俱入，與汩偕出，從水之道而不為私焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾始乎故，长乎性，成乎命。与齐俱入，与汩偕出，从水之道而不为私焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wú shǐ hū gù, cháng hū xìng, chéng hū mìng. Yǔ qí jù rù, yǔ gǔ xié chū, cóng shuǐ zhī dào ér bùwèi sī yān. [Pinyin]

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   • 龍池𤀰瀑濆其隈，漏江伏流潰其阿。汩若湯谷之揚濤，沛若濛汜之涌波。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     龙池𤀰瀑𣸣其隈，漏江伏流溃其阿。汩若汤谷之扬涛，沛若蒙汜之涌波。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 左思 (Zuo Si) 《蜀都賦》

     Lóng chí 𤀰 pù fén qí wēi, lòu jiāng fú liú kuì qí ā. Gǔ ruò tāng gǔ zhī yáng tāo, pèi ruò méng sì zhī yǒngbō. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation 4

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu̍h
    • Tâi-lô: khu̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuʔ⁴/

Definitions

汩

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to place rice and meat in a pot and slowly simmer (to make it become mush or paste-like)

Japanese

Kanji

汩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: いつ (itsu)、ごつ (gotsu)
• Kan-on: ごち (gochi)
• Kun: ながれる (nagareru)

Korean

Hanja

汩 (eum 골 (gol))

汩 (eum 율 (yul))

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