# 瑚

| 瑚 | U+745A, &#29786; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-745A |
| ← 瑙 [U+7459] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瑛 → [U+745B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

瑚 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土十口月 (MGJRB), four-corner 1712$_0$, composition ⿰𤣩胡)
* coral
* person of virtue

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 738, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21126
* Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1125, character 9
* Unihan data for U+745A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hú (hu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / lô͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hú
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hú
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$
*** Yale: hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hu
Rime :
| Character | 瑚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸吳切 |
| Baxter | hu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣo/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 瑚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4246 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胡 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaː/ |

### Definitions

瑚
* Used in 珊瑚 (shānhú)

#### Compounds

* 桃葉珊瑚／桃叶珊瑚
* 珊瑚 (shānhú)
* 珊瑚在網／珊瑚在网 (shānhú zài wǎng)
* 珊瑚婚
* 珊瑚島／珊瑚岛 (shānhúdǎo)
* 珊瑚樹／珊瑚树
* 珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo)
* 珊瑚菜
* 珊瑚蟲／珊瑚虫 (shānhúchóng)
* 瑚璉／瑚琏 (húliǎn)
* 瑚璉之器／瑚琏之器
* 瑚璉器／瑚琏器
* 綠珊瑚／绿珊瑚
* 蜈蚣珊瑚
* 鐵網珊瑚／铁网珊瑚

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ご (go)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)

#### Compounds

* 瑚(こ)璉(れん) (koren)
* 珊(さん)瑚(ご) (sango)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 瑚 (MC hu).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

### Hanja

Wikisource 瑚 (eumhun 산호 호 (sanho ho))
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#### Compounds

* 호련 (瑚璉, horyeon)
* 산호 (珊瑚, sanho)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
* Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

瑚: Hán Nôm readings: hô, hồ
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