暠

See also: 皜

暠 U+66A0, 暠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66A0 ← 暟 [U+669F] CJK Unified Ideographs 暡 → [U+66A1]

Translingual

Han character

暠 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日卜口月 (AYRB), four-corner 6022₇, composition ⿱日高)

Derived characters

• 𤀰 𡦩 𰨕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 498, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14089
• Dae Jaweon: page 867, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1530, character 16
• Unihan data for U+66A0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		暠

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／形声, OC *kaːwʔ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

Etymology 1

Related to 皓 (OC *ɡuːʔ, “bright”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³
    • Yale: gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou²
    • Yale: góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kawX

Rime
Character	暠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古老切
Baxter	kawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawX/
Li Rong	/kɑuX/
Wang Li	/kɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3733
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠
Old Chinese	/*kaːwʔ/

Definitions

暠

1. (literary) bright; brilliant; shining

Compounds

• 暠暠

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 暠 – see 皓 (“bright white; luminous white; shimmering white; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 皓).

Japanese

Kanji

暠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)

Korean

Hanja

暠 • (go, ho) (hangeul 고, 호, revised go, ho, McCune–Reischauer ko, ho, Yale ko, ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

暠: Hán Nôm readings: hạo

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References

• Nom Foundation