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搞

搞 U+641E, 搞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-641E ← 搝 [U+641D] CJK Unified Ideographs 搟 → [U+641F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

搞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口月 (QYRB), four-corner 5002₇, composition ⿰扌高)

Derived characters

• 𦼸

References

• KangXi: page 447, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12489
• Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1935, character 8
• Unihan data for U+641E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		搞
alternative forms		攪／搅 Cantonese

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kruːʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 高.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From a non-Mandarin Chinese 攪?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): gao³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau²

• Gan (Wiktionary): gau³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): káu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau³

• Jin (Wiktionary): gau²
• Min Bei (KCR): gǎu
• Min Dong (BUC): gō̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): káu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao²

• Wu (Wiktionary): gau (T3); kau (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): gau³

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: káu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kau³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gau²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kau⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
    • Tâi-lô: káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kau⁵⁵⁴/

Note: vernacular (俗).

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: gau (T3); kau (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡ̊ɔ²³/, /kɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒu⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 搞
Mandarin	Beijing	/kɑu²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/kau²¹³/
	Tianjin	/kɑu¹³/
	Jinan	/kɔ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/kɔ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kau⁵³/
	Xi'an	/kau⁵³/
	Xining	/kɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/kɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/kɔ⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/kɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/kau⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kau⁵³/
	Guiyang	/kao⁴²/
	Kunming	/kɔ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/kɔo²¹²/
	Hefei	/kɔ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kau⁵³/
	Pingyao	/kɔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/kɔ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/gɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/gæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/kɔ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/kɜ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/kɔ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ko²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/kau⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/kaɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kɑu²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kau³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kau³⁵/
	Nanning	/kau³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kau³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kau⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kau³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kau²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kau⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/kau²¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搞
Reading #	1/1
No.	3756
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	絞
Old Chinese	/*kruːʔ/
Notes	攪今字

Definitions

搞

1. to do (usually bad things)

   你搞咩呀！ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ gaau² me¹ aa³! [Jyutping]  ―  What are you doing!

   唔好搞我後面！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好搞我后面！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2019,

   m⁴ hou² gaau² ngo⁵ hau⁶ min⁶! [Jyutping]

   don't mess around behind me! (or: don't mess with my rear!)

2. to work in; to be engaged in
3. to make; to produce
4. to manage; to take care of
5. to get; to get hold of
6. to set up; to organize
7. (slang) to have sex; to fuck

Synonyms

• (to do):

edit

作 (zuò) 做 (zuò) 整治 (zhěngzhì)

物 (Teochew) 妝 (Wenzhou) 幹／干 (gàn)

變 (Hokkien) 辦／办 (bàn)

Compounds

搞七捻三 搞三搞四 (gǎosāngǎosì) 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo) 搞不懂 搞出人命 搞妥 搞定 (gǎodìng) 搞怪

搞懂 搞掂 搞活 (gǎohuó) 搞破鞋 搞砸 (gǎozá) 搞笑 (gǎoxiào) 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ) 瞎搞

胡搞 (húgǎo) 怎麼搞的／怎么搞的 搞丟／搞丢 搞亂／搞乱 (gǎoluàn) 搞衛生／搞卫生 搞頭／搞头 (gǎotou) 搞飛機／搞飞机

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Japanese

Kanji

搞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: たたく (tataku, 搞く)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搞: Hán Nôm readings: cào, cạo, cảo, xao, quào

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