皋

皋 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹日大十 (HAKJ), four-corner 2640₃, composition ⿱白夲)

• 嗥, 𡟷, 㟸, 滜, 獆, 暤, 𦞵, 槔, 皞, 𥡅, 𥻷, 䜂, 䜰, 𨎀, 𤾲, 韟, 𫑯, 䣗, 翱, 䚌, 䫧, 鷎(𬸢), 㿁, 䔌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 787, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22714
• Dae Jaweon: page 1202, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2647, character 15
• Unihan data for U+768B

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 白 (“white, bright”) + 夲 (“to advance”), although the connection to the modern meaning is unclear.

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皋

1. (literary) shore; land by a body of water
2. (literary) highland
3. ^† marsh; pool

   • 鶴鳴于九皋，聲聞于野。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹤鸣于九皋，声闻于野。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hè míng yú jiǔ gāo, shēng wén yú yě.

     The crane cries in the ninth marsh,
     And her voice is heard in the wilds.

4. ^† rice paddy
5. ^† (alt. form 高) tall; high
6. a surname

• “皋”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: さわ (sawa, 皋)、さかい (sakai, 皋)、さつき (satsuki)

皋 (eumhun 언덕 고 (eondeok go))

1. Alternative form of 皐 (“hanja form^? of 고 (“highland”)”)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 3.

皋: Hán Nôm readings: cao

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• Nôm: cao

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999