皓

皓 U+7693, 皓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7693 ← 皒 [U+7692] CJK Unified Ideographs 皔 → [U+7694]

Translingual

Han character

皓 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹日竹土口 (HAHGR), four-corner 2466₁, composition ⿰白告)

Derived characters

• 澔, 𤏔, 𫉢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7693

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皓
alternative forms		晧 㬶 暠 皜 𡚌

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡuːʔ): semantic 白 (“white”) + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).

Etymology

Compare Proto-Tai *xaːwᴬ (“white”) (whence Zhuang hau and Thai ขาว (kǎao)) and Proto-Hlai *kʰaːw (“white”) (Matisoff, 1988).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	皓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡老切
Baxter	hawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皓
Reading #	1/1
No.	3812
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晧
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːʔ/
Notes	小爾雅，集韻同顥

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou⁶ / gou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau⁴ / hau⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hâu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hau¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): hô̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hào
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴
    • Yale: hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ / gou²
    • Yale: houh / góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ / gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ / gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/, /kou̯³⁵/

Note: gou2 - variant (rare).

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau⁴ / hau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²¹/, /hau³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hau⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō
    • Tâi-lô: hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: háu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: hawX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːʔ/

Definitions

皓

1. bright white; luminous white; shimmering white (e.g. of the moon, or of a beautiful woman)

   • 風吹嫩葉滿柔枝，紅袖朝來捋翠蕤。時見綠陰明皓腕，却疑淸露滴燕脂。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《三灘集/삼탄집》, 1514

     Pung chwi nunyeop man yu ji, hongsu jo rae ral chwi yu. Si gyeon nogeum myeong ho wan, gak ui cheong ro jeok yeonji. [Sino-Korean]

     The wind blows on the young shoots that fill the tender branches,
     The red-sleeved girl comes early morning to pluck the verdant fronds.
     Sometimes I see the green leafage and her fair shining wrist,
     But I wonder: has the pure dew wet her rouge?

2. white-haired; hoary
3. (～日) (telegraphy) the nineteenth day of a month

   皓電／皓电  ―  hàodiàn  ―  19th Telegram

4. a surname
5. Alternative form of 昊 (hào, “vast (of the sky)”)

Synonyms

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• 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
• 光亮 (guāngliàng)
• 光明 (guāngmíng)
• 光線充足 / 光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
• 明亮 (míngliàng)
• 明朗 (mínglǎng)
• 晶亮 (jīngliàng)
• 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
• 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

• (white):

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• 潔白 / 洁白 (jiébái)
• 白厲厲 / 白厉厉 (bái lìlì)
• 白歷皙 / 白历皙 (Hokkien)
• 白死皙 (Hokkien)
• 白殕殕 (Hokkien)
• 白濛濛 / 白蒙蒙 (Hokkien)
• 白皙皙 (Hokkien)
• 白皚皚 / 白皑皑 (bái'ái'ái)
• 白花花 (báihuāhuā)
• 白茫茫 (báimángmáng)
• 白蔥蔥 / 白葱葱 (Hokkien)
• 白雪雪 (baak⁶ syut^3-1 syut^3-1) (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 白䭕䭕 / 白𬲕𬲕 (Hokkien)
• 皓然 (hàorán) (literary)
• 皓白 (hàobái) (literary)
• 雪白 (xuěbái)

Compounds

• 商山四皓
• 四皓
• 尨眉皓髮 / 尨眉皓发
• 龐眉皓首 / 庞眉皓首
• 龐眉皓髮 / 庞眉皓发
• 明眸皓齒 / 明眸皓齿 (míngmóuhàochǐ)
• 星眸皓齒 / 星眸皓齿
• 朱口皓齒 / 朱口皓齿
• 朱脣皓齒 / 朱唇皓齿
• 發皓齒 / 发皓齿
• 皓旰 (hàogàn)
• 皓月 (hàoyuè)
• 皓然 (hàorán)
• 皓白 (hàobái)
• 皓皓 (hàohào)
• 皓礬 / 皓矾 (hàofán)
• 皓腕 (hàowàn)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu)
• 皓首一經 / 皓首一经
• 皓首窮經 / 皓首穷经
• 皓首蒼顏 / 皓首苍颜
• 皓髮 / 皓发
• 皓魄
• 皓齒 / 皓齿 (hàochǐ)
• 皓齒明眸 / 皓齿明眸
• 皓齒星眸 / 皓齿星眸
• 皓齒朱脣 / 皓齿朱唇
• 皓齒蛾眉 / 皓齿蛾眉
• 蛾眉皓齒 / 蛾眉皓齿
• 鬢髮皓然 / 鬓发皓然

References

• “皓”, 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–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02730