藁

藁 U+85C1, 藁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85C1 ← 藀 [U+85C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 藂 → [U+85C2]

Translingual

Han character

藁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口木 (TYRD) or 難廿卜口木 (XTYRD), composition ⿱艹槀)

1. straw, hay
2. dry, withered

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32222
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3315, character 5
• Unihan data for U+85C1

Chinese

trad.		藁
simp. #		藁

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³
    • Yale: gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou²
    • Yale: góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藁
Reading #	1/1
No.	3735
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠
Old Chinese	/*kaːwʔ/
Notes	俗稾字

Definitions

藁

1. Alternative form of 稿 (gǎo, “straw; stalk”)
2. Alternative form of 槁 (gǎo, “withered”)
3. Used in place names.

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

Japanese

Kanji

藁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. straw, hay
2. (2channel slang, dated) Alternative form of (笑) ((笑)): LOL

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: わら (wara, 藁)^{←わら (wara, 藁, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
藁
わら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 藁 – see the following entry.

【わら】 [noun] 藁: straw

(This term, 藁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

藁 (eum 고 (go))

1. straw, hay