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濠

濠

Translingual

Han character

濠 (radical 85 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口人 (EYRO), four-corner 30132, composition ⿰氵豪)

  1. moat, trench, ditch
  2. Australia

References

  • KangXi: page 656, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18502
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1771, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6FE0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 濠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
高 *kaːw
膏 *kaːw, *kaːws
篙 *kaːw
稿 *kaːwʔ
稾 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞 *kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠 *kaːwʔ
槀 *kaːwʔ
藁 *kaːwʔ
燺 *kʰaːwʔ
薧 *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒 *kʰaːws
蒿 *qʰaːw
藃 *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪 *ɡaːw
毫 *ɡaːw
壕 *ɡaːw
濠 *ɡaːw
鎬 *ɡaːwʔ
滈 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗 *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃 *ɡaːwʔ
搞 *kruːʔ
敲 *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇 *qʰraːw
嗃 *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐 *kʰl'awʔ
歊 *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻 *kʰraːwɢ
塙 *kʰraːwɢ
毃 *kʰraːwɢ
翯 *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥 *qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 濠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦaw/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɑu/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 háo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 濠
Reading # 1/1
No. 3750
Phonetic
component		 高
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 豪
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡaːw/

Definitions

濠

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Japanese

Kanji

濠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. moat, trench
  2. (abbreviation) Australia

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
濠
ごう
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 濠.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

濠 ‎(hiragana ごう, romaji gō, historical hiragana がう)

  1. moat, trench
Usage notes

濠 implies one with water, 壕 implies one without water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
濠
ほり
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

The 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掘る ‎(horu, “to dig”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

濠 ‎(hiragana ほり, romaji hori)

  1. ditch, canal
  2. moat
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

濠 • ‎(ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

濠 (hào)

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