槁

槁 U+69C1, 槁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69C1 ← 槀 [U+69C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 槂 → [U+69C2]

Translingual

Han character

槁 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木卜口月 (DYRB), four-corner 4092₇, composition ⿰木高)

Derived characters

• 𡂀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 545, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15300
• Dae Jaweon: page 933, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1267, character 8
• Unihan data for U+69C1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		槁
alternative forms		槀 藁 𩫓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 槁
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

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, *kʰaːwʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

Etymology 1

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: khawX

Rime
Character	槁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦浩切
Baxter	khawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰawX/
Li Rong	/kʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/kʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/, /*kʰaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	槁	槁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3731	3738
Phonetic component	高	高
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠	考
Old Chinese	/*kaːwʔ/	/*kʰaːwʔ/
Notes	說文木在下

Definitions

槁

1. ^† to wither
2. ^† (of a tree or wood) withered; rotten; dead
3. ^† dried up tree

Compounds

• 形容枯槁 (xíngróng kūgǎo)
• 振槁
• 枯槁 (kūgǎo)
• 槁木
• 槁木死灰
• 槁街
• 槁項黃馘／槁项黄馘
• 槁骨
• 槁骨腐肉
• 死灰槁木
• 灰心槁形
• 禾槁
• 藉槁／借槁
• 面如槁木

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 槁 – see 犒 (“to reward with food and drink; to feast”). (This character is an obsolete form of 犒).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 槁 – see 篙 (“pole used for punting boats”). (This character is an obsolete form of 篙).

References

• “槁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

槁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dried up tree
2. to wither; to rot (of a tree or wood)

   Synonym: 熇

3. to dry

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: かれる (kareru, 槁れる)

Compounds

• 槁(こう)梧(ご) (kōgo)
• 槁(こう)骨(こつ) (kōkotsu)
• 槁(こう)悴(すい) (kōsui)
• 槁(こう)暴(ばく) (kōbaku)
• 槁(こう)木(ぼく) (kōboku)
• 枯(こ)槁(こう) (kokō)
• 燋(しょう)槁(こう) (shōkō)
• 凋(ちょう)槁(こう) (chōkō)

 

Korean

Hanja

槁 (eum 고 (go))

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Vietnamese

Han character

槁: Hán Nôm readings: cau

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