搞

搞 U+641E, 搞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-641E ← 搝 [U+641D] CJK Unified Ideographs 搟 → [U+641F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

搞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口月 (QYRB), four-corner 5002₇, composition ⿰扌高)

Derived characters

• 𦼸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12489
• Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1935, character 8
• Unihan data for U+641E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		搞
alternative forms		攪／搅 Cantonese

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 *kruːʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 高.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From a non-Mandarin Chinese 攪?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau²

• Gan (Wiktionary): gau³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): káu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau³

• Jin (Wiktionary): gau²
• Northern Min (KCR): gǎu
• Eastern Min (BUC): gō̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): káu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gau; ⁵kau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gau³

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: káu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kau³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gau²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kau⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
    • Tâi-lô: káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kau⁵⁵⁴/

Note: vernacular (俗).

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gau; ⁵kau
    • MiniDict: gau^去; kau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³gau; ²kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡɔ²³/, /kɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒu̯⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 搞
Mandarin	Beijing	/kɑu²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/kau²¹³/
	Tianjin	/kɑu¹³/
	Jinan	/kɔ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/kɔ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kau⁵³/
	Xi'an	/kau⁵³/
	Xining	/kɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/kɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/kɔ⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/kɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/kau⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kau⁵³/
	Guiyang	/kao⁴²/
	Kunming	/kɔ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/kɔo²¹²/
	Hefei	/kɔ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kau⁵³/
	Pingyao	/kɔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/kɔ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/gɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/gæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/kɔ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/kɜ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/kɔ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ko²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/kau⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/kaɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kɑu²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kau³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kau³⁵/
	Nanning	/kau³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kau³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kau⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kau³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kau²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kau⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kau²¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搞
Reading #	1/1
No.	3756
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	絞
Old Chinese	/*kruːʔ/
Notes	攪今字

Definitions

搞

1. to do (usually bad things)

   你搞咩呀！ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ gaau² me¹ aa³! [Jyutping]  ―  What are you doing!

   唔好搞我後面！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好搞我后面！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2019, [1]

   m⁴ hou² gaau² ngo⁵ hau⁶ min⁶! [Jyutping]

   don't mess around behind me! (or: don't mess with my rear!)

2. to work in; to be engaged in
3. to make; to produce
4. to manage; to take care of
5. to get; to get hold of
6. to set up; to organize
7. (slang) to have sex; to fuck

Synonyms

• (to do):

edit

• 作
• 做 (zuò)
• 妝／妆 (¹tsaon) (Wenzhounese)
• 幹／干
• 整治 (zhěngzhì)
• 物 (muêh⁸) (Teochew)
• 變／变 (Hokkien)
• 辦／办 (bàn)

 

Compounds

• 怎麼搞的／怎么搞的
• 搞七捻三
• 搞三搞四 (gǎosāngǎosì)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 搞不懂
• 搞丟／搞丢
• 搞亂／搞乱 (gǎoluàn)
• 搞出人命 (gǎo chū rénmìng)
• 搞妥
• 搞定 (gǎodìng)
• 搞心態／搞心态 (gǎo xīntài)
• 搞怪
• 搞懂
• 搞掂
• 搞活 (gǎohuó)
• 搞砸 (gǎozá)
• 搞破鞋
• 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
• 搞衛生／搞卫生 (gǎo wèishēng)
• 搞頭／搞头 (gǎotou)
• 搞飛機／搞飞机
• 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
• 瞎搞
• 胡搞 (húgǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji

搞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: たたく (tataku, 搞く)

Vietnamese

Han character

搞: Hán Nôm readings: cào, cạo, cảo, xao, quào

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