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搞
搞
Translingual
Han character
搞 (radical 64 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口月 (QYRB), four-corner 50027, composition ⿰扌高)
References
- KangXi: page 447, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12489
- Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1935, character 8
- Unihan data for U+641E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
搞 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 攪／搅 Cantonese | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 高 | *kaːw |
| 膏 | *kaːw, *kaːws |
| 篙 | *kaːw |
| 稿 | *kaːwʔ |
| 稾 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws |
| 槁 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ |
| 縞 | *kaːwʔ, *kaːws |
| 暠 | *kaːwʔ |
| 槀 | *kaːwʔ |
| 藁 | *kaːwʔ |
| 燺 | *kʰaːwʔ |
| 薧 | *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw |
| 犒 | *kʰaːws |
| 蒿 | *qʰaːw |
| 藃 | *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw |
| 豪 | *ɡaːw |
| 毫 | *ɡaːw |
| 壕 | *ɡaːw |
| 濠 | *ɡaːw |
| 鎬 | *ɡaːwʔ |
| 滈 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ |
| 鄗 | *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ |
| 鰝 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ |
| 薃 | *ɡaːwʔ |
| 搞 | *kruːʔ |
| 敲 | *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws |
| 髇 | *qʰraːw |
| 嗃 | *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ |
| 巐 | *kʰl'awʔ |
| 歊 | *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ |
| 謞 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ |
| 熇 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ |
| 碻 | *kʰraːwɢ |
| 塙 | *kʰraːwɢ |
| 毃 | *kʰraːwɢ |
| 翯 | *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ |
| 瀥 | *qʰraːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kruːʔ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): káu
- Min Dong (BUC): gō̤
- Wu (Wiktionary): gau (T3); kau (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: kao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
- IPA (key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaau2
- Yale: gáau
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaau2
- IPA (key): /kɑːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: káu
- Hakka Romanization System: gau`
- Hagfa Pinyim: gau3
- IPA: /ka̯u³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gō̤
- IPA (key): /ko³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: gau (T3); kau (T2)
- IPA (key): /g̊ɔ²³/, /kɔ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 搞 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kɑu²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /kau²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /kɑu¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /kɔ⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /kɔ⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /kau⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /kau⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /kɔ⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /kɔ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /kɔ⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /kɔ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /kau⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /kau⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /kao⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /kɔ⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /kɔo²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /kɔ²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kau⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /kɔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /kɔ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /gɔ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /gæ³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /kɔ⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /kɜ³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /kɔ³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /ko²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kau⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /kaɯ⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɑu²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kau³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kau³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /kau³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kau³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kau⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kau³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kau²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kau⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /kau²¹³/ |
Definitions
搞
- to do
- to work in; to be engaged in
- to make; to produce
- to manage; to take care of
- to get; to get hold of
- to set up; to organize
- (slang) to have sex; to ****
Compounds
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