杲

See also: 杳 and 果

杲 U+6772, 杲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6772 ← 東 [U+6771] CJK Unified Ideographs 杳 → [U+6773]

Translingual

Han character

杲 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日木 (AD), four-corner 6090₄, composition ⿱日木)

Derived characters

• 𬾛, 𭝑, 𣈁, 𭾻, 𥓖, 𥺰, 𰹔, 𭬀, 𨜍, 𩓢, 菒, 𣫙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14500
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6772

Chinese

trad.		杲
simp. #		杲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 杲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
杲	*kaːwʔ
菒	*kaːwʔ

Characters in the same phonetic series (杲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 日 (“sun”) + 木 (“tree”) – the sun shining above trees.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	杲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古老切
Baxter	kawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawX/
Li Rong	/kɑuX/
Wang Li	/kɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杲
Reading #	1/1
No.	3797
Phonetic component	杲
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠
Old Chinese	/*kaːwʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³
    • Yale: gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou²
    • Yale: góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kawX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/

Definitions

杲

1. (literary, of the sun) bright; shining
2. (literary) white
3. a surname

Compounds

• 杲杲 (gǎogǎo)

Japanese

Kanji

杲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 杲らか)、たかい (takai, 杲い)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

Korean

Hanja

杲 (eum 고 (go))

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Vietnamese

Han character

杲: Hán Nôm readings: kiểu, cảo

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