溘
kè

abruptly

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

盍
盍 Sound component
hé what? why not?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːbs
kʰoːb
kʰaːb

說文解字

奄忽也。从水盍聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica