厚

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

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

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

Derived characters

㴟㷞𪝐𠷋𡎋𪰲𣖔𪻶𮂆𬖦𨩿𠫅𪠗𫈢𠫆𪃱𭆗𭝡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

Glyph origin

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 / 会意): 厂 (“cliff; cave on a cliff”) + 𣆪 (“jug”). According to Shuowen, 𣆪 is an inverted 亯.

Pronunciation

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

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hou⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ху (hu, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): heu

(Meixian, Guangdong): hêu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): hou³
Northern Min (KCR): gè / hē
Eastern Min (BUC): gâu / hâiu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao⁵ / hieo⁵ / ao⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kāu / kǎu / hō͘ / hiǒ / hiō

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gheu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hou⁴ / hou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòu
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴
  - Yale: hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: how
  - Palladius: хоу (xou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hou⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəu²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ху (hu, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xou⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /heu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hou³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gè / hē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁴²/, /xe⁵⁵/

Note:

gè - colloquial;
hē - literary.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gâu / hâiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑu²⁴²/, /hɑu²⁴²/

Note:

gâu - colloquial;
hâiu - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gao⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gao⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hā̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieu²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ao⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: āu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au¹¹/

Note:

gao5 - vernacular;
hieo5 - literary;
ao5 - only used in place names (originally 後).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāu
  - Tâi-lô: kāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kau²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /kau²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǎu
  - Tâi-lô: kǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau²²/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /kau³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan, Taichung, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan): /hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /hɔu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /hio³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō
  - Tâi-lô: hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hioi
  - IPA (Lukang): /hio³¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hio³³/

Note:

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

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

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gheu
  - MiniDict: gheu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɤ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦøy²³¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: hou⁴ / hou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəu̯⁴⁵/, /xəu̯²¹/

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 (Hokkien)	/hɔ²²/ /kau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɑu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ke⁴²/ /xe⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kau³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hɔu³³/ /hɔu³⁵/ /kau³³/

Middle Chinese: huwX, huwH

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
Baxter	huwX	huwH
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/
Bernhard 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

厚

thick
厚棉被 ― hòu miánbèi ― thick cotton quilt
large; substantial
厚禮／厚礼 ― hòulǐ ― lavish gift; generous gift
- 道德不厚者不可以使民。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Dàodé bù hòu zhě bù kěyǐ shǐ mín. [Pinyin]
  He whose morality is not great cannot command the people.
- 天高日月明，地厚草木生。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《推句》, circa 19th century
  Cheon go irweol myeong, ji hu chomok saeng. [Sino-Korean]
  The sky is high and the sun and moon are bright; the earth is large and trees and grass grow.
deep; profound
深情厚誼／深情厚谊 ― shēnqínghòuyì ― deep friendship
rich; strong
酒味很厚 ― jiǔ wèi hěn hòu ― the wine is strong
generous; kind
寬厚／宽厚 ― kuānhòu ― tolerant and generous

仁厚 ― rénhòu ― benevolent and generous
to favour
厚此薄彼 ― hòucǐbóbǐ ― to favour one and slight the other
thickness; depth
- 天子之棺四重；水兕革棺被之，其厚三寸。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Tiānzǐ zhī guān sìzhòng; shuǐ sì gé guān bèi zhī, qí hòu sān cùn. [Pinyin]
  The coffin of the son of Heaven is fourfold. The hides of a water-buffalo and a rhinoceros, overlapping each other, [form the first,] three inches in thickness.
(Southern Min) many; much
(～鎮) Hou (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 厚 (“thick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		厚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		厚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	厚
	Taiwan	厚
	Chengde	厚
	Chifeng	厚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	厚
	Heihe	厚
	Qiqihar	厚
	Harbin	厚
	Jiamusi	厚
	Baicheng	厚
	Changchun	厚
	Tonghua	厚
	Shenyang	厚
	Jinzhou	厚
	Singapore	厚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	厚
	Tangshan	厚
	Cangzhou	厚
	Baoding	厚
	Shijiazhuang	厚
	Lijin	厚
	Jinan	厚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	厚
	Dandong	厚
	Yantai	厚
	Yantai (Muping)	厚
	Qingdao	厚
	Zhucheng	厚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	厚
	Lingbao	厚
	Jining	厚
	Wanrong	厚
	Linfen	厚
	Shangqiu	厚
	Yuanyang	厚
	Zhengzhou	厚
	Xinyang	厚
	Baihe	厚
	Xi'an	厚
	Baoji	厚
	Tianshui	厚
	Xining	厚
	Xuzhou	厚
	Fuyang	厚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	厚
	Lanzhou	厚
	Dunhuang	厚
	Hami	厚
	Ürümqi	厚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	厚
	Nanchong	厚
	Dazhou	厚
	Hanyuan	厚
	Xichang	厚
	Zigong	厚
	Chongqing	厚
	Wuhan	厚
	Yichang	厚
	Xiangyang	厚
	Tianmen	厚
	Guiyang	厚
	Bijie	厚
	Liping	厚
	Zhaotong	厚
	Dali	厚
	Kunming	厚
	Mengzi	厚
	Guilin	厚
	Liuzhou	厚
	Jishou	厚
	Changde	厚
	Hanzhong	厚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	厚
	Yangzhou	厚
	Lianyungang	厚
	Lianshui	厚
	Nantong	厚
	Anqing	厚
	Wuhu	厚
	Hefei	厚
	Hong'an	厚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	厚
	Hong Kong	厚
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	笨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	笨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	笨
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	厚
	Taishan	厚
	Dongguan	笨
	Yangjiang	厚
	Nanning	厚
	Nanning (Tanka)	厚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	厚
	Hepu (Shatian)	厚
	Guiping	厚
	Guiping (Mule)	厚
	Pingnan	厚
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	厚
	Guigang (Pingdong)	厚
	Beihai	厚
	Beihai (Nankang)	厚
	Beihai (Yingpan)	厚
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	厚
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	厚
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	厚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	厚
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	厚
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	厚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	厚
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	厚
	Móng Cái	厚
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	厚
Gan	Nanchang	厚
	Lichuan	厚
	Pingxiang	厚
Hakka	Meixian	笨
	Xingning	笨
	Dabu (Xihe)	笨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	笨
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	笨
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	笨
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	笨
	Wuhua (Changbu)	笨
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	笨
	Jiexi	笨
	Luhe	笨
	Changting	厚
	Longyan (Yongding)	厚
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	厚, 笨
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	厚
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	厚
	Liancheng (Peitian)	厚
	Liancheng (Juxi)	厚
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	厚
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	厚
	Yudu	厚
	Ruijin	厚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	笨
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	笨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	笨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	笨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	笨
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	笨
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	笨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	笨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	笨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	笨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	笨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	笨
	Hong Kong	笨
	Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)	笨
	Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)	笨
	Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)	笨
	Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)	笨
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	笨
	Rongxian (Xiandi)	笨
	Sabah (Longchuan)	笨
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	笨
	Senai (Huiyang)	笨
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	笨
	Singkawang	笨
	Singapore (Meixian)	笨
	Singapore (Dabu)	笨
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	笨
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	笨
Huizhou	Jixi	厚
Huizhou	Shexian	厚
Jin	Taiyuan	厚
	Yangyuan	厚
	Datong	厚
	Xinzhou	厚
	Lüliang (Lishi)	厚
	Changzhi	厚
	Linhe	厚
	Jining	厚
	Hohhot	厚
	Erenhot	厚
	Pingshan	厚
	Zhangjiakou	厚
	Handan	厚
	Linzhou	厚
	Suide	厚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	厚
Southern Min	Xiamen	厚
	Quanzhou	厚
	Zhangzhou	厚
	Zhangpu	厚
	Zhao'an	厚
	Taipei	厚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	厚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	厚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	厚
	Kaohsiung	厚
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厚
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	厚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	厚
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	厚
	Yilan (Luodong)	厚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	厚
	Tainan (Anping)	厚
	Kinmen	厚
	Penghu (Magong)	厚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厚
	Penang (Hokkien)	厚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厚
	Manila (Hokkien)	厚
	Chaozhou	厚
	Raoping	厚
	Haifeng	厚
	Bangkok (Teochew)	厚
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	厚
	Leizhou	厚
	Haikou	厚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	厚
Wu	Shanghai	厚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厚
	Suzhou	厚
	Danyang	厚
	Hangzhou	厚
	Ningbo	厚
	Wenzhou	厚
	Jinhua	厚
Xiang	Changsha	厚
	Loudi	厚
	Shuangfeng	厚

Dialectal synonyms of 稠 (“thick; viscous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		稠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	稠, 糨
	Taiwan	稠
	Harbin	稠
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	稠
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	厚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	稠
	Wanrong	稠
	Xi'an	稠
	Xuzhou	稠, 厚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	稠
	Lanzhou	稠
	Ürümqi	稠, 糨, 糊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	稠, 乾, 釅
	Wuhan	釅, 稠
	Guiyang	乾
	Liuzhou	稠
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	稠
	Yangzhou	厚, 稠, 乾
	Nantong	厚
	Hefei	厚, 乾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杰
	Hong Kong	杰
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	杰
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	杰
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	醹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	杰
	Macau	杰
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	杰
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	杰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	杰
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	杰
	Foshan	杰
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	杰
	Foshan (Shunde)	杰
	Foshan (Sanshui)	杰
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	杰
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	杰
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	杰
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	杰
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	杰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	杰
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	杰
	Taishan	醹, 杰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	醹, 杰
	Enping (Niujiang)	杰, 醹
	Heshan (Yayao)	杰
	Dongguan	杰
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	杰
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	杰
	Shaoguan	杰
	Yunfu	杰
	Yangjiang	𤄷, 杰
	Xinyi	杰
	Lianjiang	杰
	Nanning	杰
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	杰
Gan	Nanchang	及
	Lichuan	濃
	Pingxiang	濃
Hakka	Meixian	醹, 結
	Xingning	醹
	Huidong (Daling)	醹, 竭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	竭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	醹
	Changting	醹, 濃, 竭
	Wuping	醹, 竭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	醹
	Liancheng	醹, 竭
	Ninghua	濃, 稠
	Yudu	竭
	Ruijin	竭
	Shicheng	濃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	醹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	醹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	醹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	醹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	醹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	醹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	醹
	Hong Kong	醹
Huizhou	Jixi	硬
	Shexian	硬
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	厚
	Xiuning	硬
	Yixian	硬
	Qimen	硬
	Wuyuan	硬
Jin	Taiyuan	稠
Northern Min	Jian'ou	濃
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	濃
	Songxi	濃
	Zhenghe	濃
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	濃
	Jianyang	濃
	Wuyishan	濃
	Pucheng (Shibei)	濃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𬇴
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𬇴
	Lianjiang	𬇴
	Fuqing	洘
	Pingtan	洘
	Yongtai	𬇴
	Minqing	𬇴
	Gutian	𬇴
	Pingnan	𬇴
	Luoyuan	𬇴
	Fu'an	𬇴
	Ningde	𬇴
	Xiapu	𬇴
	Zherong	𬇴
	Shouning	濃
	Zhouning	𬇴
	Fuding	𬇴
Southern Min	Xiamen	洘, 洽
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	洘
	Quanzhou	洘, 洽
	Jinjiang	洘
	Nan'an	洘
	Shishi	洘
	Hui'an	洘
	Anxi	洘
	Yongchun	洘
	Dehua	洘
	Zhangzhou	洘, 洽, 汔, 𠕇, 醪
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𠕇
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	𠕇
	Hua'an	𠕇
	Nanjing	𠕇
	Pinghe	𠕇, 汔
	Zhangpu	汔
	Yunxiao	糊
	Zhao'an	汔
	Dongshan	汔
	Taipei	洘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	洘
	Kaohsiung	洘
	Yilan	洘, 汔
	Changhua (Lukang)	洘
	Taichung	洘
	Tainan	洘
	Taitung	洘
	Hsinchu	洘
	Kinmen	洘
	Penghu (Magong)	洘
	Penang (Hokkien)	汔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	洘
	Manila (Hokkien)	洘, 洽
	Longyan	汔, 釅
	Zhangping	乾, 𠕇
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	渴
	Datian	洘, 醪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	杰
	Chaozhou	𫀸
	Shantou	𫀸
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𫀸
	Jieyang	𫀸
	Haifeng	𫀸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𫀸
	Leizhou	洘, 渴
	Wenchang	渴
	Haikou	渴
Puxian Min	Putian	洘
Puxian Min	Xianyou	洘
Central Min	Yong'an	濃
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	濃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杰
Wu	Shanghai	厚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厚
	Suzhou	厚
	Wuxi	乾
	Danyang	乾, 厚
	Hangzhou	厚
	Ningbo	燥
	Wenzhou	饘
	Jinhua	厚
Xiang	Changsha	釅
Xiang	Shuangfeng	濃

Dialectal synonyms of 釅 (“(of a liquid) concentrated; (of a beverage) strong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		釅, 濃
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	釅
	Taiwan	濃
	Singapore	濃
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	釅
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	釅
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	釅
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	釅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	濃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	濃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	濃
	Hong Kong	濃
	Taishan	濃
	Yangjiang	濃
	Singapore (Guangfu)	濃
Gan	Nanchang	釅
Hakka	Meixian	釅
Jin	Taiyuan	釅
Northern Min	Jian'ou	濃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	濃, 鎮
Southern Min	Xiamen	厚
	Quanzhou	厚
	Zhangzhou	厚
	Tainan	厚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厚
	Manila (Hokkien)	厚
	Chaozhou	釅, 厚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	厚, 濃
Wu	Suzhou	濃
Wu	Wenzhou	濃
Xiang	Changsha	釅
Xiang	Shuangfeng	釅, 濃

Antonyms

薄 (bó, “thin”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (厚):

→ Korean: 후(厚) (hu)

Compounds

References

“厚”, 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

厚

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぐ (gu)
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

厚(あつ)紙(がみ) (atsugami, “Thick paper”)
厚(こう)生(せい) (kōsei, “Welfare”)
厚(こう)労(ろう)省(しょう) (kōrōshō, “Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare”)
厚(こう)労(ろう)相(しょう) (kōrōshō, “Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare”)
厚朴(こうぼく) (kōboku)
温(おん)厚(こう) (onkō, “Warm and kind”)
厚(こう)顔(がん)無(む)恥(ち) (kōganmuchi, “Shameless”)
深(しん)厚(こう) (shinkō, “Profound”)
氷(ひょう)厚(こう) (hyōkō, “Thick ice”)

Proper noun

厚(あつし) • (Atsushi)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

厚 (eum 후 (hu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

厚: Hán Nôm readings: hậu

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