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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 97 +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大尸竹女人 (KSHVO), four-corner 42230, composition)

  1. bottle gourd, calabash
  2. pot

References

  • KangXi: page 746, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21392
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1155, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2655, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+74E0

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qaːls
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
*ɡʷraːs
*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
*qʰʷl'
*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*qʰaː
洿 *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
*ɢʷlaːʔ
*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
*qʰʷl'a
*qʰʷl'a
*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa, *qʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷaʔ
*qʷa
*qʷa
*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
*qʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷla
*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (33)
Final () (23) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuo/ /ɦuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuo/ /ɦuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣo/ /ɣoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɔ/ /ɦɔH/
Li
Rong
/ɣo/ /ɣoH/
Wang
Li
/ɣu/ /ɣuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuo/ /ɣuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ huH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷˤa-s/
English bottle-gourd, melon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15676 15678
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷlaː/ /*ɡʷlaːs/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 堅瓠坚瓠
  • 康瓠
  • 槃瓠盘瓠
  • 瓠子
  • 瓠巴
  • 瓠果
  • 瓠犀
  • 瓠瓜
  • 瓠肥
  • 瓠落
  • 瓠葉瓠叶
  • 盤瓠盘瓠
  • 盤瓠石室盘瓠石室
  • 苦瓠子

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ho) (hangeul , revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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