豁

豁 U+8C41, 豁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C41 ← 豀 [U+8C40] CJK Unified Ideographs 豂 → [U+8C42]

Translingual

Han character

豁 (radical 150 谷+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十口金人口 (JRCOR), four-corner 3866₈, composition ⿰害谷)

1. open up, clear
2. exempt

References

• KangXi: page 1190, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36221
• Dae Jaweon: page 1653, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3906, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8C41

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		豁

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vok
• Min Nan (POJ): hoat / hat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ho⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kut³
    • Yale: kut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kud³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vok
    • Hakka Romanization System: vog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vog⁵
    • IPA: /vok̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat
    • Tâi-lô: huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hat
    • Tâi-lô: hat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: had
    • IPA (Taipei): /hat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /huɑt̚/▼

Rime
Character	豁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwat̚/
Li Rong	/xuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/xuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豁
Reading #	1/1
No.	4859
Phonetic component	害
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豁
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːd/

Definitions

豁

1. open; clear; open-minded
2. to exempt; to remit
3. A surname​.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huō (huo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛ

  (Chengdu, SP): ho¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³
• Min Nan (POJ): hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Wade-Giles: ho¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huo
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ho¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
    • IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kut³
    • Yale: kut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kud³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat
    • Tâi-lô: huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /huɑt̚/▼

Rime
Character	豁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwat̚/
Li Rong	/xuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/xuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豁
Reading #	1/1
No.	4859
Phonetic component	害
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豁
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːd/

Definitions

豁

1. to slit; to crack
2. to give up; to sacrifice; to risk one's life

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		豁
alt. forms		呵 喝 惑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, SP): ho¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ho¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
    • IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁵/

Definitions

豁 (Sichuan)

1. to cheat; to fool
2. to coax

Compounds

• 豁豁哄哄

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 豁 – see 划. (This character, 豁, is a variant form of 划.)

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Japanese

Kanji

豁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. empty

Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)
• Kun: ひらける (hirakeru), ひろい (hiroi)

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Korean

Hanja

豁 • (hwal) (hangeul 활, revised hwal, McCune-Reischauer hwal, Yale hwal)

1. drain off
2. open, wide

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Vietnamese

Han character

豁 (khoát, hoát, khoạt)

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