瑚

瑚	U+745A, 瑚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-745A

← 瑙
[U+7459]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瑛 →
[U+745B]

Translingual

Han character

瑚 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土十口月 (MGJRB), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿰𤣩胡)

coral
person of virtue

References

KangXi: page 738, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21126

Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 24

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1125, character 9

Unihan data for U+745A

Chinese

trad.		瑚
simp. ^#		瑚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	kɯ, kas
橭	kaː, kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	kaː, kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	kaː, kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	kaː, kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	kʰaːʔ, kʰaːs
葫	qʰaː, ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	ɡaːʔ, ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	ka, kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	ka, ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hú (hu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ô͘ / lô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hú
  - Wade–Giles: hu²
  - Yale: hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴
  - Yale: wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ɦuo/

Rime
Character	瑚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸吳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑚
Reading #	1/1
No.	4246
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胡
Old Chinese	/*ɡaː/

Definitions

瑚

Used in 珊瑚 (shānhú)

Compounds

珊瑚 (shānhú)
珊瑚婚
珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo)
珊瑚菜
蜈蚣珊瑚

桃葉珊瑚／桃叶珊瑚
珊瑚在網／珊瑚在网
珊瑚島／珊瑚岛 (shānhúdǎo)
珊瑚樹／珊瑚树
珊瑚蟲／珊瑚虫 (shānhúchóng)

瑚璉／瑚琏 (húliǎn)
瑚璉之器／瑚琏之器
瑚璉器／瑚琏器
綠珊瑚／绿珊瑚
鐵網珊瑚／铁网珊瑚

Japanese

Kanji

瑚

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Go-on: ご (go)
Kan-on: こ (ko)

Compounds

瑚(こ)璉(れん) (koren)
珊(さん)瑚(ご) (sango)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 瑚 (MC ɦuo).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [호]

Hanja

Wikisource瑚 (eumhun 산호 호 (sanho ho))

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Compounds

호련 (瑚璉, horyeon)
산호 (珊瑚, sanho)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

Vietnamese

Han character

瑚: Hán Nôm readings: hô, hồ

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