哥

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

哥 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓口 (MRNR), four-corner 1062₁, composition ⿱可可)

1. elder brother
2. greeting (for males only)

Derived characters

• 歌

References

• KangXi: page 190, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3641
• Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 624, character 19
• Unihan data for U+54E5

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		哥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gē (ge¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ko / koh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
    • Wade-Giles: ko¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹
    • Yale: gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko / koh
    • Tâi-lô: ko / koh
    • IPA (Taipei): /kə⁴⁴/, /kɔʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kə³⁴/, /kɔʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (哥, reconstructed)
Character (哥), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 歌 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古俄切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɑ/	/kɑ/	/kɑ/	/kɑ/	/ka/	/kɑ/	/kɑ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (哥, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
哥					7437					可					歌					1					歌					/*kaːl/					後作歌

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

哥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: か (ka)
• Kan’on: か (ka)
• Kan’yōon: こ (ko)
• Kun: うたう (utau)

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Korean

Hanja

哥 (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哥 (ca, kha)

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