interjection used to express surprise

Senses

/ 詎 how

(literary) used to form a rhetorical question, similar to or "how could"

/ 詎 unexpectedly

(literary) unexpectedly or to one's surprise; often used in the patterns 讵料 jù​liào or 讵知 jù​zhī to mean "who would have thought"

/ 詎 if

(literary) a marker used to express a condition, meaning "if" or "supposing"

/ 詎 once

(literary) ever; once (similar to céng)

References

synonym 讵/詎 岂/豈
synonym 讵/詎 曾/曾
same_as 巨/巨 讵/詎
same_as 钜/鉅 讵/詎