豪

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːw): phonetic 高 ‎(OC *kaːw) + semantic 豕 ‎(“pig, boar”).

Han character

豪 (radical 152 豕+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月人 (YRBO), four-corner 0023₂, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖豕)

1. strong, brave, heroic, chivalrous
2. (in Japan): Australia

Derived characters

• 儫 壕 嚎 濠 檺 蠔 譹 籇

References

• KangXi: page 1197, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1659, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3615, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8C6A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		豪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑu/▼

Rime
Character	豪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豪
Reading #	1/1
No.	3747
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

豪

1. (obsolete) porcupine.
2. (only in compounds) great, extraordinary.
   • 豪飲 / 豪饮  ―  háo yǐn  ―  to drink a lot
   • 文豪  ―  wén háo  ―  great writer
   • 豪強 / 豪强  ―  háo qiáng  ―  bully

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Japanese

Kanji

豪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. magnificent, bold
2. (abbreviation) Australia

Readings

• Goon: ごう (gō), (historical) がう (gau)
• Kan’on: こう (kō) (non-Jōyō reading), (historical) かう (kau)
• Kun: やまあらし (yamaarashi) (rare)
• Nanori: ご (go), すぐる (suguru), たけ (take), たけし (takeshi), ひで (hide), まさる (masaru)

Compounds

Compounds

豪華 豪傑 強豪 文豪 豪州 (ごうしゅう) ‎(Gōshū): Australia

Proper noun

豪 ‎(hiragana ごう, romaji Gō)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

豪 • ‎(ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

豪 (hào)

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