皋

See also: 皐 and 臯

Translingual

Han character

皋 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹日大十 (HAKJ), four-corner 2640₃, composition ⿱白夲)

Derived characters

• 嗥, 𡟷, 㟸, 滜, 獆, 暤, 𦞵, 槔, 皞, 𥡅, 𥻷, 䜂, 䜰, 𨎀, 𤾲, 韟, 𫑯, 䣗, 翱, 䚌, 䫧, 鷎(𬸢), 㿁, 䔌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 787, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22714
• Dae Jaweon: page 1202, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2647, character 15
• Unihan data for U+768B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皋
alternative forms		皐 臯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
睾	*kuː
皋	*kuː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāo (gao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô / hō / ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gao
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹
    • Yale: gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gau
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô / hō / ko
    • Tâi-lô: hô / hō / ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi, hoi, koy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴/, /ho²²/, /ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴/, /ho⁴¹/, /ko³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/, /ho²²/, /ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴/, /ho³³/, /ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/, /hɤ³³/, /kɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kaw

Rime
Character	皋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古勞切
Baxter	kaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw/
Li Rong	/kɑu/
Wang Li	/kɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gāo
Middle Chinese	‹ kaw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁu/
English	announce
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	皋
Reading #	1/1
No.	3793
Phonetic component	皋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	髙
Old Chinese	/*kuː/
Notes	同臯

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 皋

1. the high land along a river
2. marsh, pool

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Japanese

Kanji

皋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: さわ (sawa, 皋)、さかい (sakai, 皋)、さつき (satsuki)

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Korean

Hanja

皋 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 皋 (cao)

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Readings

• Nôm: cao

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999