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Translingual
Han character
堠 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人弓大 (GONK), four-corner 47134, composition ⿰土侯)
- earthen watchtower
- battlements, battlemented walls
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 233, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5253
- Dae Jaweon: page 470, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 465, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5820
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 緱
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*koː, *koː
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| 侯
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*ɡoː
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| 喉
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*ɡoː
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| 猴
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*ɡoː
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| 瘊
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*ɡoː
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| 篌
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*ɡoː
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| 糇
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*ɡoː
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| 帿
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*ɡoː
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| 睺
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*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
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| 矦
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*ɡoː
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| 餱
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*ɡoː
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| 翭
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*ɡoː
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| 葔
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*ɡoː
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| 鄇
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*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
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| 鍭
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*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
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| 鯸
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*ɡoː
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| 候
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*ɡoːs
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| 堠
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*ɡoːs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡoːs): semantic 土 (“soil; earth”) + phonetic 侯 (OC *ɡoː).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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堠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5155
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Phonetic
component
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侯
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𠋫
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡoːs/
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| Notes
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見漢簡
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Definitions
堠
- earthen watchtower
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
堠
(Hyōgai kanji)
- battlements
- battlemented walls
Readings
Korean
Hanja
堠 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu)
- high ground, heights
- watchtower