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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(radical 152 +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月人 (YRBO), four-corner 00232, composition ⿱⿳)

  1. strong, brave, heroic, chivalrous
  2. (in Japan): Australia

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1197, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36406
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1659, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3615, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8C6A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kaːw
*kaːw, *kaːws
*kaːw
稿 *kaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
*kaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ
*kʰaːwʔ
*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
*kʰaːws
*qʰaːw
*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːwʔ
*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
*ɡaːwʔ
*kruːʔ
*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
*qʰraːw
*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
*kʰl'awʔ
*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
*kʰraːwɢ
*kʰraːwɢ
*kʰraːwɢ
*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
*qʰraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːw) : phonetic  (OC *kaːw) + semantic  (pig, boar).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaw/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑu/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
háo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3747
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) porcupine.
  2. (only in compounds) great, extraordinary.
    • /    háo yǐn   to drink a lot
    •    wén háo   great writer
    • /    háo qiáng   bully

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. magnificent, bold
  2. (abbreviation) Australia

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

(hiragana ごう, romaji )

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

(ho) (hangeul , revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hào)

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