皓

Translingual

Han character

皓 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹日竹土口 (HAHGR), four-corner 2466₁, composition ⿰白告)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7693

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皓
alternative forms		暠 皜

Glyph origin

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) : semantic 白 (“white”) + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ / gou²

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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 / gou²
    • Yale: houh / góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ / gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ / gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/, /kou̯³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皓
Reading #	1/1
No.	3812
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晧
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːʔ/
Notes	小爾雅，集韻同顥

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 皓

1. bright; luminous; clear
2. white; hoary
3. a surname
4. Same as 昊 (hào, “big”)

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
• 光亮 (guāngliàng)
• 光明 (guāngmíng)
• 光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
• 明亮 (míngliàng)
• 明朗 (mínglǎng)
• 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
• 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

 

• (white):

(deprecated template usage)

• 潔白／洁白 (jiébái)
• 白厲厲／白厉厉 (bái lìlì)
• 白歷皙／白历皙 (Hokkien)
• 白死皙 (Hokkien)
• 白殕殕 (Hokkien)
• 白濛濛／白蒙蒙 (Hokkien)
• 白皙皙 (Hokkien)
• 白皚皚／白皑皑 (bái'ái'ái)
• 白花花 (báihuāhuā)
• 白茫茫 (báimángmáng)
• 白蔥蔥／白葱葱 (Hokkien)
• 白雪雪 (baak⁶ syut^3-1 syut^3-1) (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 白䭕䭕／白𬲕𬲕 (Hokkien)
• 皓然 (hàorán) (literary)
• 皓白 (hàobái) (literary)
• 雪白 (xuěbái)

 

References

• “皓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

皓

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: ひかる (hikaru, 皓る); しろい (shiroi, 皓い)

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Korean

Hanja

皓 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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