羔

羔 U+7F94, 羔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F94 ← 羓 [U+7F93] CJK Unified Ideographs 羕 → [U+7F95]

Translingual

Han character

羔 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿土火 (TGF), four-corner 8033₁, composition ⿱𦍌灬)

Derived characters

• 㗝, 㟱, 溔, 榚, 禚, 𭿔, 䅵, 𫌉, 糕, 𦎴, 餻, 𱆺, 𫦑, 𣣵, 𣯇, 𮊲, 䫞, 𦏠
• 𡙡, 𫺵, 𦎟, 𮌭, 羮, 𮊱, 𮊰, 羹, 𩱋, 𱆓, 㚠, 𰍔, 蓔, 窯, 𦏗, 𤹂, 𨶅, 𭳫, 𦢹, 𪴴, 𩱧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 951, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28447
• Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3128, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7F94

Chinese

simp. and trad.		羔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
羔	*kluː
糕	*kluː
餻	*kluː
窯	*luː
溔	*luːʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 羊 (“caprid”) + 灬 (“fire”) – a lamb being cooked on a fire. The definition may have come from animals like lambs being apt for cooking and eating.

According to the Shuowen Jiezi, phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kluː) : semantic 羊 + abbreviated phonetic 照 (OC *tjews).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāo (gao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): gau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu
• Jin (Wiktionary): gau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko / ko͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gao
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹
    • Yale: gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gau
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kau¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko
    • Tâi-lô: ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ko⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kau
    • MiniDict: kau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kaw

Rime
Character	羔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古勞切
Baxter	kaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw/
Li Rong	/kɑu/
Wang Li	/kɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kluː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羔
Reading #	1/1
No.	3721
Phonetic component	羔
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	髙
Old Chinese	/*kluː/
Notes	甲文象烤小羊， 非照聲

Definitions

羔

1. lamb
2. young animal
3. young

Compounds

• 代罪羔羊 (dàizuì gāoyáng)
• 兔羔子
• 巴羔子
• 待罪羔羊
• 忘八羔子
• 替罪羔羊
• 狐裘羔袖
• 王八羔子 (wángbagāozi)
• 素絲羔羊／素丝羔羊
• 羊羔 (yánggāo)
• 羊羔利
• 羊羔酒
• 羔兒／羔儿
• 羔兒酒／羔儿酒
• 羔子 (gāozi)
• 羔皮 (gāopí)
• 羔羊 (gāoyáng)
• 羔裘
• 羔酒自勞／羔酒自劳
• 羔鴈
• 迷路羔羊

 

Japanese

Kanji

羔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: こひつじ (kohitsuji)

Korean

Hanja

羔 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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