浩

See also: 澔, 活, 话, and 㓉

浩 U+6D69, 浩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D69 ← 浨 [U+6D68] CJK Unified Ideographs 浪 → [U+6D6A]

浩 U+2F903, 浩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F903 ← 流 [U+2F902] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 浸 → [U+2F904]

Translingual

Han character

浩 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水竹土口 (EHGR), four-corner 3416₁, composition ⿰氵告)

Derived characters

• 𭽟, 𬈻, 𦶡, 𬪵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 624, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17479
• Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1626, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D69

• Unihan data for U+2F903

Chinese

simp. and trad.		浩
alternative forms		澔 灝／灏 㬶 𤅆 㵆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 浩
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡuːʔ, *kuːb): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hâu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hau¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): hô̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hōⁿ / hō / hāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hào
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴
    • Yale: hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁶
    • Yale: houh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hau⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō
    • Tâi-lô: hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu
    • Tâi-lô: hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹/

Note:

• hōⁿ/hō - literary;
• hāu - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hao¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hau
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghau
    • MiniDict: ghau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hawX

Rime
Character	浩
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡老切
Baxter	hawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	浩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hào
Middle Chinese	‹ hawX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁuʔ/
English	vast
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	浩
Reading #	1/2
No.	3810
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晧
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːʔ/

Definitions

浩

1. (of water) vast; torrential
2. grand; vast; great

   浩劫  ―  hàojié  ―  catastrophe

   浩氣／浩气  ―  hàoqì  ―  noble spirit

3. numerous; abundant
4. (obsolete, Sichuanese) small port or harbor

Compounds

• 人煙浩穰 / 人烟浩穰 (rényānhàoráng)
• 包浩斯
• 卷帙浩繁
• 工程浩大
• 徐浩
• 殷浩
• 殷浩書空
• 汪洋浩博
• 浩劫 (hàojié)
• 浩博 (hàobó)
• 浩嘆 / 浩叹
• 浩壤
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 浩如煙海 / 浩如烟海 (hàorúyānhǎi)
• 浩歌
• 浩氣 / 浩气 (hàoqì)
• 浩氣長存 / 浩气长存 (hàoqì chángcún)
• 浩汗 (hàohàn)
• 浩浩 (hàohào)
• 浩浩湯湯 / 浩浩汤汤 (hàohàoshāngshāng)
• 浩浩蕩蕩 / 浩浩荡荡 (hàohàodàngdàng)
• 浩渺 (hàomiǎo)
• 浩漫
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩然 (hàorán)
• 浩然之氣 / 浩然之气
• 浩然巾
• 浩然正氣 / 浩然正气
• 浩穰 (hàoráng)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 浩罕 (Hàohǎn)
• 浩茫 (hàománg)
• 浩蕩 / 浩荡 (hàodàng)
• 浩飲 / 浩饮
• 滂浩
• 煙波浩渺 / 烟波浩渺
• 聲勢浩大 / 声势浩大 (shēngshìhàodà)
• 荊浩 / 荆浩
• 食指浩繁

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Yale: gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kop

Rime
Character	浩
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古沓切
Baxter	kop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəp̚/
Li Rong	/kᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/kɒp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	浩
Reading #	2/2
No.	3815
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	閤
Old Chinese	/*kuːb/

Definitions

浩

1. Only used in 浩亹.

References

• 藍勇. 第十三章：歷史時期西南綜合文化區的劃分. 《西南歷史文化地理》. 西南師範大學出版社. 1997. →ISBN.

Japanese

Shinjitai	浩
Kyūjitai	浩 浩 or 浩+︀?
	浩󠄁 浩+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	浩󠄃 浩+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

浩

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 浩)

1. prosperous

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 浩い)^{←ひろし (firosi, 浩し, historical)}、おおい (ōi, 浩い)^{←おほし (ofosi, 浩し, historical)}、おおきい (ōkii, 浩きい)
• Nanori: いさむ (isamu)、おおい (ōi)、きよし (kiyoshi)、はる (haru)、ひろ (hiro)、ひろし (hiroshi)、ゆたか (yutaka)、よう (yō)

Compounds

• 浩幸(ひろゆき) (Hiroyuki)

Proper noun

浩(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

浩 (eum 호 (ho))

1. great, numerous, vast, abundant

Vietnamese

Han character

浩: Hán Nôm readings: hạo

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References

• Nom Foundation