厚

厚	U+539A, 厚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-539A

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

Stroke order

厚 (radical 27, 厂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一日弓木 (MAND), four-corner 7124₇, composition ⿸厂⿱日子)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 161, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2949
Dae Jaweon: page 368, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 72, character 6
Unihan data for U+539A

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		厚
alternative forms		垕𠩞𠩰𠪋𫝗

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 厚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 厂 + 𣆪 (which is, according to Shuowen, an inverted 亯).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hòu (hou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): ху (hu, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hau⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu
Jin (Wiktionary): hou³
Min Dong (BUC): gâu / hâiu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ / hō͘ / kǎu / kāu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): hheu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: how
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: ху (hu, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xou⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁵
  - Yale: háuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hou³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gâu / hâiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑu²⁴²/, /hɑu²⁴²/

Note:

gâu - colloquial;
hâiu - literary.

Min Nan

(Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ
- Tâi-lô: hiǒ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²²/
(Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
- Tâi-lô: hōo
- Phofsit Daibuun: ho
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³/
(Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǎu
- Tâi-lô: kǎu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ²²/
(Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāu
- Tâi-lô: kāu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kau
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaʊ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kaʊ²²/

Note:

hiǒ/hō͘ - literary;
kǎu/kāu - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: gao⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kău
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³⁵/

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hheu (T3)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦɜ²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 厚
Mandarin	Beijing	/xou⁵¹/
	Harbin	/xou⁵³/
	Tianjin	/xou⁵³/
	Jinan	/xou²¹/
	Qingdao	/xou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xou³¹²/
	Xi'an	/xou⁴⁴/
	Xining	/xɯ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/xəu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xou¹³/
	Ürümqi	/xɤu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xəu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/xəu¹³/
	Guiyang	/xəu²¹³/
	Kunming	/xəu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/xəɯ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/xɯ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xəu⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xəu³⁵/
	Hohhot	/xəu⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦɤ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦɤ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/ɦei¹³/
	Wenzhou	/gau³⁵/ /ɦau³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/xiu³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕiu²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xəu⁵⁵/ /xəu¹¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɦəɯ²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɛu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/heu⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/heu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐu²³/
	Nanning	/hɐu²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/hɐu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hɔ²²/ /kau²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kɑu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ke⁴²/ /xe⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kau³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hɔu³³/ /hɔu³⁵/ /kau³³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦəu^X/, /ɦəu^H/

Rime
Character	厚	厚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw^X/	/ɦəw^H/
Li Rong	/ɣu^X/	/ɣu^H/
Wang Li	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u^X/	/ɣə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau⁶	hau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ˤ(r)oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːʔ/, /*ɡoːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hòu
Middle Chinese	‹ huw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁ(r)oʔ/
English	thick
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厚	厚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5176	5177
Phonetic component	厚	厚
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	厚	𠋫
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːʔ/	/*ɡoːs/

Definitions[edit]

厚

thick
large; substantial; deep
rich; strong
generous; kind
thickness; depth
greatly
(Min Nan) many; much
(～鎮) Hou (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

Antonyms[edit]

薄 (bó, “thin”)

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 厚

交厚 (jiāohòu)
仁厚 (rénhòu)
優厚／优厚 (yōuhòu)
卑禮厚幣／卑礼厚币
卑辭厚禮／卑辞厚礼
厚交
厚今薄古
厚利 (hòulì)
厚厚敦敦
厚古薄今 (hòugǔbójīn)
厚味 (hòuwèi)
厚味臘毒／厚味腊毒
厚坪 (Hòupíng)
厚墩墩
厚壁組織／厚壁组织
厚實／厚实 (hòushi)
厚度 (hòudù)
厚彼薄此
厚待 (hòudài)
厚德 (hòudé)
厚德載物／厚德载物 (hòudézàiwù)
厚德載福／厚德载福
厚恩 (hòu'ēn)
厚情
厚意 (hòuyì)
厚愛／厚爱 (hòu'ài)
厚擾／厚扰
厚望 (hòuwàng)
厚朴 (hòupò)
厚此薄彼
厚澤／厚泽 (hòuzé)
厚生 (hòushēng)
厚生省
厚皮香
厚祿／厚禄
厚祿高官／厚禄高官
厚禮／厚礼
厚秩
厚糈
厚臉皮／厚脸皮 (hòu liǎnpí)

厚葬 (hòuzàng)
厚薄 (hòubó)
厚誣／厚诬
厚誼／厚谊
厚貌深情
厚貺／厚贶
厚載／厚载
厚遇 (hòuyù)
厚道 (hòudào)
厚酬
厚重 (hòuzhòng)
厚顏／厚颜 (hòuyán)
厚顏無恥／厚颜无耻 (hòuyán wúchǐ)
厚黑學／厚黑学 (hòuhēixué)
含蓄渾厚／含蓄浑厚
和厚
坤厚 (Kūnhòu)
多藏厚亡
天高地厚 (tiāngāodìhòu)
宅心仁厚
宅心忠厚
官高祿厚／官高禄厚
富厚
寬厚／宽厚 (kuānhòu)
尊官厚祿／尊官厚禄
嵩厚
席豐履厚／席丰履厚
幣厚言甘／币厚言甘
得天獨厚／得天独厚 (détiāndúhòu)
德厚
德厚流光
忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
忠厚老實／忠厚老实
憨厚 (hānhòu)
才高行厚
扳厚
敦厚 (dūnhòu)
未可厚非
樸厚／朴厚
民淳俗厚

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

厚

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
Kun: あつい (atsui, 厚い, Jōyō); あつ (atsu); あか (aka)
Nanori: あ (a); あっ (a')

Compounds[edit]

氷(ひょう)厚(こう) (hyōkō)
厚(あつ)紙(がみ) (atsugami)

Proper noun[edit]

厚(あつし) • (Atsushi)

A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

厚 (eum 후 (hu))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

厚: Hán Nôm readings: hậu

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厚

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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