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{{also|咸|戓|哉|彧}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|strokes=8}}
{{stroke order|type=animate}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=62|rad=戈|as=04|sn=8|four=53100|canj=IRM|ids=⿹戈⿱口㇀}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[㖪]], [[域]], [[惐]], [[掝]], [[淢]], [[䧕]], [[棫]], [[𤊨]], [[琙]], [[㽣]], [[䂸]], [[稢]], [[緎]], [[聝]], [[𠒬]], [[戫]], [[蜮]], [[䬎]]([[𬱿]]), [[馘]], [[䤋]], [[䮙]], [[魊]], [[䱛]]([[𮬟]]), [[𠜻]], [[㰲]], [[㚜]], [[罭]], [[窢]], [[䈅]], [[䍞]], [[閾]]([[阈]]), [[惑]], [[㳼]], [[𤦂]], [[𢨋]], [[䰥]], [[彧]], [[𤷇]], [[國]]([[国]])}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0412.180|dkj=11563|dj=0754.170|hdz=21402.080|uh=6216}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|alt=戓-ancient,𢈿-ancient}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etyl}}
{{Han compound|戈|t1=[[dagger-axe]] (used to defend the territory)|囗|t2=city wall|一|ls=ic}}, “territory”. The most ancient version is [[戓]], then modified into 或; the stroke was added perhaps when the pronounciation of the character evolved.

Borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative {{och-l|國}}, {{och-l|域}}, and perhaps [[淢]] refer to the original word. The last character can be seen in the ancient name of the Han river, [[㵄]].

===Etymology===
{{och-l|或|someone; some}} is the result of the distributive suffix *-k being added to {{och-l|有|there is}}.

Cognate with {{och-l|又|again}} ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).

===Pronunciation 1===
{{zh-pron
|m=huò
|m-s=hue2
|dg=хуэй3
|c=waak6
|c-t=vak5
|g=fet6
|h=pfs=fe̍t;gd=fêd6
|j=hueh4
|mb=hŏ
|md=hĕ̤k
|mn=qz,jj:hia̍k/tw,xm,zz:he̍k
|mn-t=hog8
|w=sh:8ghoq,8weq
|x=ho6
|mc=y
|oc=1,1
|ma=Zh-huò.ogg
|cat=con,adv,pron,part,det,n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[or]]; [[either]] ... or ... {{gloss|used to list alternatives}}
#: {{zh-x|^中國 或 ^日本|China '''or''' Japan}}
#: {{zh-x|或多或少{shǎo}|[[more or less]], some amount}}
#: {{zh-x|可以 說 兩 種 或 兩 種 以上 的 語言|able to speak two '''or''' more languages}}
# {{lb|zh|literary|including|in news headlines}} [[perhaps]]; [[maybe]]
#* {{RQ:Yueyanglouji|嗟夫！予 嘗 求 古 仁人 之 心，或 異 二 者 之 為。|Alas! I once investigated the thoughts of the ancient sages, they were '''perhaps''' different from the behaviour of the two.}}
#: {{zh-x|代表團 已 出發， 明天 上午 或 可 到達。|The delegation has set out, and will '''probably''' arrive tomorrow morning.}}
# [[occasionally]]; [[sometimes]]
# [[if]]; [[assuming]]; [[should]] ...
# {{lb|zh|logic|computing}} [[OR]]; [[inclusive or]]
# {{n-g|[[particle]] used in [[negative]] [[sentence]]s to [[reinforce]] the negative [[tone]]}}
# {{lb|zh|literary}} [[some]]; [[someone]]; [[something]]
#* {{zh-x|齊 人 伐 燕，勝 之。宣 王 問 曰：「或 謂 寡人 勿 取，或 謂 寡人 取 之。」|Qi attacked Yan, conquering it. King Xuan said: "'''Some people''' tell me not to take it [Yan] for myself; '''some''' tell me to take it".|CL|ref=Mengzi}}
# {{alt form|zh|惑||from=Ancient|[[doubt]]}}.

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|不可或缺|即或|容或|倘或|多言或中|偶或|或曰|或有|甚或|或許|或缺|或然率|或是|或謂|或人|或時|或者|或體|抑或|或則|設或|間或}}

====Descendants====
{{CJKV||||hoặc}}

===Pronunciation 2===
{{zh-pron
|m=yù
|c=wik6
|dial=n
|oc=2,n
|ma=y
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-original|域|[[range]]; [[territory]]}}
# {{zh-original|國|[[country]]}}

===Further reading===
* {{cite-journal|last=Jing-Schmidt|first=Zhuo|last2=Peng|first2=Xinjia|date=2016-02-01|title=The emergence of disjunction: A history of constructionalization in Chinese|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/cog-2015-0073/html|journal=Cognitive Linguistics|volume=27|issue=1|pages=101–136|doi=10.1515/cog-2015-0073 |issn=1613-3641}}.

{{cat|cmn|Elementary Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=n|rs=戈04}}

# a certain ...; some ...

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=わく
|kanon=こく
|kun=あ-る, あ-るい は
}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=혹|eumhun=|rv=hok|mr=hok|y=hok}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=戈04}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=hoặc, hoắc|rs=戈04}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=戈04}}