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豪

豪

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
  2. (in Japan): Australia

Derived characters

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

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

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
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

Japanese

Kanji

豪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. magnificent, bold
  2. (abbreviation) Australia

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

豪 ‎(hiragana ごう, romaji Gō)

  1. A male given name

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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