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Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人弓大 (GONK), four-corner 47134, composition)

  1. earthen watchtower
  2. battlements, battlemented walls

References

  • KangXi: page 233, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 470, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 465, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5820

Cantonese

Hanzi

(Yale hau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. battlements
  2. battlemented walls

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hu) (hangeul , revised hu, McCune-Reischauer hu)

  1. high ground, heights
  2. watchtower

Mandarin

Hanzi

(Pinyin hòu (hou4), Wade-Giles hou4)

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