搞

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 + phonetic 高

Han character

搞 (radical 64 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口月 (QYRB), four-corner 5002₇, composition ⿰扌高)

1. to clear, clarify

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

搞 (Jyutping gaau2, Yale gaau2)

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Japanese

Kanji

搞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: こう (kō), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: たたく (tataku)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

搞 (Pinyin gǎo (gao3), Wade-Giles kao³)

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Verb

搞 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gǎo)

1. to do
2. to work in, to be engaged in
3. to make, to produce
4. to manage, to take care of
5. to get, to get hold of
6. to set up, to organize
7. (slang) to have sex, to fuck

References

• "搞" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-24.

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Vietnamese

Han character

搞 (cào, cạo, cảo, xao, quào)

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