遽

Translingual

Han character

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

suddenly, unexpectedly
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

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/

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	/ɡɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wo^H/
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	‹ gjo^H ›
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

Compounds

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

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

(Hakka) fast; quick
- 愛買kiak kiak來 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]
  爱买kiak kiak来 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]
  From: 1976, 张少林 (Chong Sau Lin), 阿婆買咸菜; translation from Jessica Leo, Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking, pp. 72–73, 444–447, 2015
  Wanna buy? Come quick!

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		疾
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
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	緊
Central Min	Yong'an	烈
Central Min	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	快, 快迅

Compounds

Etymology 3

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

Japanese

Kanji

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‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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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