濠

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濠 U+6FE0, 濠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE0
← 濟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 濡 →

Translingual

Han character

濠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口人 (EYRO), four-corner 30132, composition ⿰氵豪)

  1. moat, trench, ditch
  2. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  3. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18502
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1771, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6FE0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 濠

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／形声, OC *ɡaːw) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 濠
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
Baxter haw
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 濠
Reading # 1/1
No. 3750
Phonetic
component 		高
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		豪
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

濠

  1. moat; trench; ditch

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

濠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. moat, trench
  2. (abbreviation) Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  3. (abbreviation) (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Readings

Compounds

Compounds
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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
濠
ごう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 濠 (MC haw).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

濠(ごう) • (gō) ←がう (gau)?

  1. moat, trench
Usage notes

濠 implies one with water, 壕 implies one without water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
濠
ほり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掘る (horu, “to dig”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

濠(ほり) • (hori) 

  1. ditch, canal
  2. moat
Derived terms
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

濠 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濠: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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