夥

See also: 伙

Translingual

Han character

夥 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 田木弓戈弓 (WDNIN), four-corner 6792₇, composition ⿰果多)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5808
• Dae Jaweon: page 492, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 865, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5925

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Chinese

trad.		夥
simp.		伙*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
裹	*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
課	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
髁	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
夥	*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒ (huo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóⁿ / hér / hé / hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒ
    • Wade–Giles: huo³
    • Yale: hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒr
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huool
    • Palladius: хор (xor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fo²
    • Yale: fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér
    • Tâi-lô: hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé
    • Tâi-lô: hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hea
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³/

Note:

• hóⁿ - literary;
• hér/hé/hóe - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: hweaX, hwaX

Rime
Character	夥	夥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	懷𠁥切	胡果切
Baxter	hweaX	hwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛX/	/ɦuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæX/	/ɦuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuæiX/	/ɣuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨjX/	/ɦwaX/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛX/	/ɣuɑX/
Wang Li	/ɣwaiX/	/ɣuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwaiX/	/ɣuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà	huò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai6	wo6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡʷˤ]ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰloːlʔ/, /*ɡloːlʔ/, /*ɡroːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ hwaX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡʷˁ]ajʔ/
English	many, much [not pre-Qin]
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	夥	夥	夥
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4788	4789	4797
Phonetic component	果	果	果
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	火	禍	夥
Old Chinese	/*qʰloːlʔ/	/*ɡloːlʔ/	/*ɡroːlʔ/
Notes	火（夥）別體	說文果在右

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 夥

1. companion, partner, assistant

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Japanese

Kanji

夥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. immense
2. tremendous

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka); わ (wa)
• Kun: おびただ (obitada)

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Korean

Hanja

夥 • (gwa, hae) (hangeul 과, 해, revised gwa, hae, McCune–Reischauer kwa, hae)

1. companion
2. partner
3. assistant

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Vietnamese

Han character

夥: Hán Nôm readings: lõa/loã, hỏa/hoả, khỏa/khoả

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