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U+66A0, 暠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66A0

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 72, +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日卜口月 (AYRB), four-corner 60227, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 498, character 43
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14089
  • Dae Jaweon: page 867, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1530, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+66A0

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kaːwʔ) : semantic (sun) + phonetic (OC *kaːw).

Etymology 1

Related to (OC *ɡuːʔ, “bright”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kawX/
Li
Rong
/kɑuX/
Wang
Li
/kɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3733
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːwʔ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) bright; brilliant; shining

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“bright white; luminous white; shimmering white; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう ()

Korean

Hanja

(go, ho) (hangeul , , revised go, ho, McCune–Reischauer ko, ho, Yale ko, ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hạo

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References