厚

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

厚 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一日弓木 (MAND), four-corner 7124₇, composition ⿸厂⿱日子 or ⿸厂㫗)

Derived characters

• 㴟 㷞 𪝐 𠷋 𡎋 𪰲 𣖔 𪻶 𮂆 𬖦 𨩿 𠫅 𪠗 𫈢 𠫆 𪃱 𭆗 𭝡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 161, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2949
• Dae Jaweon: page 368, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 72, character 6
• Unihan data for U+539A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 厂 (“cliff; cave on a cliff”) + 𣆪 (“jug”). According to Shuowen, 𣆪 is an inverted 亯.

Pronunciation

Definitions

厚

1. thick

   厚棉被  ―  hòu miánbèi  ―  thick cotton quilt

2. large; substantial

   厚禮／厚礼  ―  hòulǐ  ―  lavish gift; generous gift

   • 道德不厚者不可以使民。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Dàodé bù hòu zhě bù kěyǐ shǐ mín.

     He whose morality is not great cannot command the people.

   • 天高日月明，地厚草木生。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《推句》, circa 19th century

     Cheon go irweol myeong, ji hu chomok saeng. [Sino-Korean]

     The sky is high and the sun and moon are bright; the earth is large and trees and grass grow.

3. deep; profound

   深情厚誼／深情厚谊  ―  shēnqínghòuyì  ―  deep friendship

4. rich; strong

   酒味很厚  ―  jiǔ wèi hěn hòu  ―  the wine is strong

5. generous; kind

   寬厚／宽厚  ―  kuānhòu  ―  tolerant and generous

   仁厚  ―  rénhòu  ―  benevolent and generous

6. to favour

   厚此薄彼  ―  hòucǐbóbǐ  ―  to favour one and slight the other

7. thickness; depth

   • 天子之棺四重；水兕革棺被之，其厚三寸。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Tiānzǐ zhī guān sìzhòng; shuǐ sì gé guān bèi zhī, qí hòu sān cùn.

     The coffin of the son of Heaven is fourfold. The hides of a water-buffalo and a rhinoceros, overlapping each other, three inches in thickness.

8. (Southern Min) many; much
9. (～鎮) Hou (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

Synonyms

Antonyms

• 薄 (bó, “thin”)

Descendants

Compounds

References

• “厚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. thick
2. heavy
3. kind

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: あつい (atsui, 厚い, Jōyō); あつ (atsu); あか (aka)
• Nanori: あ (a); あっ (a')

Compounds

Proper noun

厚(あつし) • (Atsushi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

厚 (eum 후 (hu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

厚: Hán Nôm readings: hậu

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