炙酷 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhìkù

sweltering

zhì roast

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.

Components

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

月 Sound component

yuè, yue moon

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyæH	tAk-s	roast, broil
	tsyek	tAk	roast, broil
Zhengzhang		tjaːɡs
		tjaːɡ
Unicode	jiɛk

說文解字

炮肉也。从肉在火上。凡炙之屬皆从炙。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

kù strong (wine), cool

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.

Components

酉 Meaning component

yǒu wine

告 Sound component

gào tell

Change in sound

酷 and 告 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
酷 *kʰˤuk
告 *kˤuk

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khowk	kʰˤuk	cruel

說文解字

《說文》：“酷，酒厚味也。从酉，告聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

炙 zhì roast

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酷 kù strong (wine), cool

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zhì roast

kù strong (wine), cool