濠

濠 U+6FE0, 濠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE0 ← 濟 [U+6FDF] CJK Unified Ideographs 濡 → [U+6FE1]

Translingual

Han character

濠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口人 (EYRO), four-corner 3013₂, composition ⿰氵豪)

1. moat, trench, ditch
2. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
3. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18502
• Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1771, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6FE0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		濠

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 *ɡaːw): semantic 氵 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²
    • Yale: háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
    • Tâi-lô: hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: haw

Rime
Character	濠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡刀切
Baxter	haw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3750
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

濠

1. (alt. form 壕) moat; trench; ditch
2. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 城濠 (chéngháo)
• 濠上
• 濠梁
• 濠水
• 濠江 (Háojiāng)
• 濠溝 / 濠沟 (háogōu)
• 濠濮間想 / 濠濮间想
• 濠賭股 / 濠赌股 (háodǔgǔ)
• 蔡濠 (Càiháo)

Japanese

Kanji

濠

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. moat, trench
2. (abbreviation) Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
3. (abbreviation, geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: ほり (hori, 濠)

Compounds

• 環濠(かんごう) (kangō)
• 濠洲(ごうしゅう) (Gōshū), 濠州(ごうしゅう) (Gōshū): Australia
• 城濠(じょうごう) (jōgō)
• 雪濠(せつごう) (setsugō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
濠
ごう Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 濠 (MC haw).

Alternative forms

• 壕

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごー [góꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ː]

Noun

濠(ごう) • (gō) ^{←がう (gau)?}

1. moat, trench

Usage notes

濠 implies one with water, 壕 implies one without water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
濠
ほり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掘る (horu, “to dig”).

Alternative forms

• 堀, 壕

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほり [hòríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɾʲi]

Noun

濠(ほり) • (hori) 

1. ditch, canal
2. moat

Derived terms

• 内濠(うちぼり) (uchibori)
• 城濠(しろぼり) (shirobori)
• 外濠(そとぼり) (sotobori)

References

• “^▲濠”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

濠 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濠: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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