睾

See also: 睪

Translingual

Han character

睾 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹田土廿十 (HWGTJ), four-corner 2640₁, composition ⿱丿睪)

Derived characters

• 𨤟, 𦒢

Related characters

• 睪 (Orthodox form used in modern Taiwan)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 813, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23535
• Dae Jaweon: page 1227, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 42, character 5
• Unihan data for U+777E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		睾
alternative forms		睪
睪 - Orthodox form used in Taiwan

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
睾	*kuː
皋	*kuː

Corrupted form of 皋 (gāo) with influence of 睪／睾 (yì).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāo (gao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘ / 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: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko
    • Tâi-lô: ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睾
Reading #	1/1
No.	3784
Phonetic component	皋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	髙
Old Chinese	/*kuː/
Notes	皐字注俗體，見靈樞

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 睾

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 睪 (“testicle”).
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 皋 (gāo).
3. ^‡ Used in 睾蘓 (“type of tree”).

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Usage notes

• In Taiwan, 睪／睾 is the orthodox form while 睾 is considered as a variant form (異體字／异体字 (yìtǐzì)) of 睪／睾.
• In mainland China and Hong Kong, 睾 is the orthodox form used for the pronunciation "gāo".
• In the historical Kangxi dictionary, the definition for testicle is provided under this character.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 睾

1. ^‡ broad appearance

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02901

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Japanese

Kanji

睾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: さわ (sawa, 睾); きんたま (kintama, 睾)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 睾 (cao)

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References

• Nom Foundation