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Translingual

Han character

(radical 106 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹日大十 (HAKJ), four-corner 26403, composition)

  1. the high land along a river

References

  • KangXi: page 787, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22714
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1202, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2647, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+768B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kuː
*kuː

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaw/
Li
Rong
/kɑu/
Wang
Li
/kɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ kaw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˤu/
English announce

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 # 1/1
No. 3793
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuː/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 九皋
  • 亭皋
  • 如皋射雉
  • 平皋
  • 成皋 (Chénggāo)
  • 東皋东皋
  • 江皋
  • 漢皋解佩汉皋解佩
  • 皋壤
  • 皋比
  • 皋澤皋泽
  • 皋牢
  • 皋門皋门 (gāomén)
  • 皋隰
  • 皋魚之泣皋鱼之泣
  • 蘅皋
  • 隰皋
  • 鶴鳴九皋鹤鸣九皋

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(go) (hangeul , revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cao)

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Readings

  • Nôm: cao

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999