皓

皓

皓 U+7693, 皓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7693 ← 皒 [U+7692] CJK Unified Ideographs 皔 → [U+7694]

Translingual

Han character

皓 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹日竹土口 (HAHGR), four-corner 2466₁, composition ⿰白告)

References

• KangXi: page 788, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7693

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皓
alternative forms		晧 㬶 暠 皜 𡚌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡuːʔ) : semantic 白 (“white”) + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hou⁶, gou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau⁴, hau⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hâu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hau¹

• Min Dong (BUC): hô̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hào
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴
    • Yale: hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶, gou²
    • Yale: houh, góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶, gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶, gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/, /kou̯³⁵/

Note: gou2 - variant (rare).

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau⁴, hau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²¹/, /hau³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hau⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō
    • Tâi-lô: hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: háu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑu^X/

Rime
Character	皓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡老切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皓
Reading #	1/1
No.	3812
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晧
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːʔ/
Notes	小爾雅，集韻同顥

Definitions

皓

1. bright; luminous; clear
2. white; hoary
3. (～日) (telegraphy) the nineteenth day of a month

   皓電／皓电  ―  hàodiàn  ―  19th Telegram

4. a surname
5. Same as 昊 (hào, “big”)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 皓

亮堂 (liàngtáng) 光亮 (guāngliàng) 光明 (guāngmíng) 光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)

明亮 (míngliàng) 明朗 (mínglǎng) 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky) 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)

炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds) 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary) 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)

• (white):

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白皙皙 (Hokkien) 白雪雪 (Cantonese, Min Dong)

皓然 (hàorán) (literary) 皓白 (hàobái) (literary)

雪白 (xuěbái) 潔白／洁白 (jiébái)

Compounds

商山四皓 四皓 皓旰 (hàogàn) 皓月 (hàoyuè) 皓然 (hàorán) 皓白 (hàobái) 皓皓 (hàohào) 皓腕 (hàowàn) 皓首 (hàoshǒu) 皓魄

尨眉皓髮／尨眉皓发 明眸皓齒／明眸皓齿 星眸皓齒／星眸皓齿 朱口皓齒／朱口皓齿 朱脣皓齒／朱唇皓齿 發皓齒／发皓齿 皓礬／皓矾 (hàofán) 皓首一經／皓首一经 皓首窮經／皓首穷经 皓首蒼顏／皓首苍颜

皓髮／皓发 皓齒／皓齿 (hàochǐ) 皓齒明眸／皓齿明眸 皓齒星眸／皓齿星眸 皓齒朱脣／皓齿朱唇 皓齒蛾眉／皓齿蛾眉 蛾眉皓齒／蛾眉皓齿 鬢髮皓然／鬓发皓然 龐眉皓首／庞眉皓首 龐眉皓髮／庞眉皓发

References

• “皓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02730

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Japanese

Shinjitai	皓
Kyūjitai [1]	皓󠄁 皓+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	皓󠄃 皓+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

皓

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: ひかる (hikaru, 皓る); しろい (shiroi, 皓い)

References

1. “皓”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Hanja

皓 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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