豪

豪 U+8C6A, 豪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C6A ← 豩 [U+8C69] CJK Unified Ideographs 豫 → [U+8C6B]

Translingual

Stroke order

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

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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豪
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hô / hô͘ / hâu

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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
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
    • Tâi-lô: hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâu
    • Tâi-lô: hâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²⁴/

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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, rōmaji 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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