酷 (Kangxi radical 164,酉+7, 14 strokes,cangjie input一田竹土口 (MWHGR),four-corner1466₁,composition⿰酉告)

• 𤐿

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1283, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39870
• Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3583, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9177

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*kʰuːɡ): semantic 酉(“alcoholic drink vessel”) + phonetic 告(OC*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).

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酷

1. (literary, of alcohol)strong;intense
2. cruel;brutal;savage

   殘酷／残酷  ― cánkù  ―  cruel

3. extremely; to anextremedegree

   酷愛／酷爱  ― kù'ài  ―  to have a passion for; to ardently love

Phono-semantic matching ofEnglishcool.

酷

1. (Mandarin, slang)cool;awesome

Whilst English "cool" may be used in a wide variety of contexts,酷 (and, by extension,酷斃／酷毙 (kùbì)) is usually only used to describe somethingfashionable orextraordinary.

• 牛 (niú)
• 強／强 (qiáng)
• 絕／绝 (jué)

酷

1. (Hokkien, business) todrive a hard bargain; toeconomicallytake advantage of; toexploiteconomically; topenny-pinch; toprofiteer; toswindle; tocheat; to bestingy/miserly with(such as overpricing to favor sellers or undervaluing to favor buyers)

• 啄(tok, top)

• Embree, Bernard L.M. (1973), “khok”, inA Dictionary of Southern Min (overall work in Hokkien, English, and Mandarin), Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute,page160.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “酷”, in臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese),Taihoku:Government-General of Taiwan,→OCLC, page491
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “酷”, in臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[3] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese),Taihoku:Government-General of Taiwan,→OCLC, page475
• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931), “酷”, in臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese),Taihoku:臺灣警察協會,page265
• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931), “酷”, in臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese),Taihoku:臺灣警察協會,page673
• William Campbell (1913), “tok (酷 Khok)”, inA dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published1961,→OCLC,page22240.
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “tok”, inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page526;New Edition, With Corrections by the Author.,Thomas Barclay,Lîm Iàn-sîn林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England,1899,page526
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “khok”, inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page283;New Edition, With Corrections by the Author.,Thomas Barclay,Lîm Iàn-sîn林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England,1899,page283

Shinjitai	酷
Kyūjitai [1]	酷󠄁 酷+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	酷󠄃 酷+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. cruel,severe
2. extremely

• Go-on:こく(koku,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:こく(koku,Jōyō)
• Kun:きびしい(kibishii,酷しい)、はなはだ(hanahada,酷だ)、はなはだしい(hanahadashii,酷だしい)、ひどい(hidoi,酷い)、むごい(mugoi,酷い)
• Nanori:あつ(atsu)

Ultimately fromMiddle Chinese酷 (MC khowk). First cited in Japanese as a standalone term in 1754.^[2]

• (Tokyo)こく[kóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
• (Tokyo)こく[kòkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟]

酷(こく)• (koku) ^{←こく(koku)?}-na (adnominal酷(こく)な(kokuna),adverbial酷(こく)に(kokuni))

1. [from 1754]cruel,severe,harsh,merciless

   Synonyms:むごい(mugoi),厳しい(kibishii)

2. [from 1878]extremely,excessively

   Synonym:甚だしい(hanahadashii)

酷(こく)• (koku) 

1. [from 1754]cruelty,severity,harshness,mercilessness

FromMiddle Chinese酷 (MC khowk).

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

酷

酷 (eumhun심할혹(simhal hok))

1. hanja form^? of혹(“cruel”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[4]

酷:Hán Nôm readings:khốc

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