膏

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膏 U+818F, 膏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-818F
← 膎
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 膐 →

Translingual

Han character

膏 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月月 (YRBB), four-corner 00227, composition ⿱高月)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29800
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2103, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+818F

Chinese

trad. 膏
simp. # 膏

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 *kaːw, *kaːws): phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw) + semantic 肉 (“meat”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 膏
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古勞切
Baxter kaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaw/
Li
Rong 		/kɑu/
Wang
Li 		/kɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gou1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 膏
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gāo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kaw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.kˁaw/
English lard (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 膏
Reading # 1/2
No. 3727
Phonetic
component 		高
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		髙
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːw/

Definitions

膏

  1. fat; grease; oil
  2. fatty; oily; rich
  3. paste; cream; ointment; poultice
  4. sleek; glossy
  5. fertile
  6. (historical) fatty tissue located at the tip of the heart

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 膏
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古到切
Baxter kawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kawH/
Li
Rong 		/kɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/kɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gou3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 膏
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gāo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kawH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaw-s/
English smear with lard (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 膏
Reading # 2/2
No. 3736
Phonetic
component 		高
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		誥
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːws/

Definitions

膏

  1. to moisten; to grease; to lubricate
  2. to apply (cream, ointment)
  3. to dip a brush in ink

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

膏

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: あぶら (abura)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膏
あぶら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 膏 – see the following entry.
【あぶら】
油, 膏: oil
Alternative spelling
油
(This term, 膏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

膏 • (go) (hangeul 고, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膏: Hán Việt readings: cao

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Compounds

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