篌

Translingual

Han character

篌 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓大 (HONK), four-corner 8823₄, composition ⿱𥫗侯)

1. ancient music instrument
2. harp

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 893, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26272
• Dae Jaweon: page 1320, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2993, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7BCC

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Chinese

trad.		篌
simp. #		篌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
緱	*koː, *koː
侯	*ɡoː
喉	*ɡoː
猴	*ɡoː
瘊	*ɡoː
篌	*ɡoː
糇	*ɡoː
帿	*ɡoː
睺	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
矦	*ɡoː
餱	*ɡoː
翭	*ɡoː
葔	*ɡoː
鄇	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸	*ɡoː
候	*ɡoːs
堠	*ɡoːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóu (hou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóu
    • Wade–Giles: hou²
    • Yale: hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
    • Palladius: хоу (xou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hau⁴
    • Yale: hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: huw

Rime
Character	篌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸鉤切
Baxter	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	篌
Reading #	1/1
No.	5143
Phonetic component	侯
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡoː/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 篌

1. a kind of bamboo
2. used in 箜篌 (kōnghóu)

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Japanese

Kanji

篌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kan’yō-on: ご (go)

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Korean

Hanja

篌 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 篌 (hầu)

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