# 夥

| 夥 | U+5925, &#22821; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5925 |
| ← 夤 [U+5924] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 夦 → [U+5926] |

## Translingual
### Han character

夥 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 田木弓戈弓 (WDNIN), four-corner 6792$_7$, composition ⿰果多)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5808
* Dae Jaweon: page 492, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 865, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5925

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 裸 | *ɡ·roːlʔ |
| 躶 | *ɡ·roːlʔ |
| 果 | *kloːlʔ |
| 菓 | *kloːlʔ |
| 猓 | *kloːlʔ |
| 輠 | *kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls |
| 裹 | *kloːlʔ, *kloːls |
| 蜾 | *kloːlʔ |
| 惈 | *kloːlʔ |
| 粿 | *kloːlʔ |
| 窠 | *kʰloːl |
| 稞 | *kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ |
| 課 | *kʰloːl, *kʰloːls |
| 髁 | *kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ |
| 棵 | *kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ |
| 顆 | *kʰloːlʔ |
| 堁 | *kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns |
| 敤 | *kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls |
| 夥 | *qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ |
| 婐 | *qloːlʔ, *kroːl |
| 踝 | *ɡroːlʔ |
| 祼 | *ɡluːlʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ) : phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ) + semantic 多.

### Etymology 1

According to Fangyan, 夥, which means "many" or "much", was a dialectal expression found in rural Qi and Song and around the border between Chu and Wei (齊宋之郊、楚魏之際曰夥).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huǒ (huo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fo$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hue$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hóⁿ / hér / hé / hóe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huê$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huǒ
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^3$
*** Yale: hwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
*** Palladius: хо (xo)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǒr
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huǒr
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hwǒr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huool
*** Palladius: хор (xor)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fo$^2$
*** Yale: fó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fo$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔː³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hue$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɤ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hónn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hvor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér
*** Tâi-lô: hér
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé
*** Tâi-lô: hé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hea
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe
*** Tâi-lô: hué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³/
* hóⁿ - literary;
* hér/hé/hóe - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: hwaX
Rime :
| Character | 夥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡果切 |
| Baxter | hwaX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣuɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wo$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡʷˤ]ajʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰloːlʔ/, /*ɡloːlʔ/, /*ɡroːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 夥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huǒ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwa$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡʷˁ]ajʔ/ |
| English | many, much [not pre-Qin] |
| 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 | 夥 | 夥 | 夥 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 4788 | 4789 | 4797 |
| Phonetic component | 果 | 果 | 果 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 火 | 禍 | 夥 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰloːlʔ/ | /*ɡloːlʔ/ | /*ɡroːlʔ/ |
| Notes | 火（夥）別體 | 說文果在右 | |
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Gan Chinese”

#### Definitions

夥
* many; much; a lot of; numerous
* (alt. form 伙) companion; partner; assistant

#### Compounds

* 一夥／一伙 (yīhuǒ)
* 入夥／入伙 (rùhuǒ)
* 出水夥計／出水伙计
* 分夥／分伙
* 合夥／合伙 (héhuǒ)
* 同夥／同伙 (tónghuǒ)
* 合夥人／合伙人 (héhuǒrén)
* 夥夠／伙够
* 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì)
* 夥辦／伙办
* 大夥大家夥兒／大伙大家伙儿
* 小夥計／小伙计
* 幫夥／帮伙
* 店夥／店伙
* 成群打夥／成群打伙
* 成群結夥／成群结伙
* 打夥／打伙 (dǎhuǒ)
* 拆夥／拆伙 (chāihuǒ)
* 搭夥／搭伙 (dāhuǒ)
* 攙夥／搀伙
* 散夥／散伙 (sànhuǒ)
* 東夥／东伙
* 油夥兒／油伙儿
* 結夥／结伙 (jiéhuǒ)
* 鋪夥／铺伙
* 隱名合夥／隐名合伙
* 鬨夥／哄伙
* 齊打夥兒／齐打伙儿

#### Usage notes

In Simplified Chinese, this character should be written as 夥 rather than simplified as 伙 when used to express "many" or "much".

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiè (xie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haai$^5$
*** Yale: háaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːi̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hweaX
Rime :
| Character | 夥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (32) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 懷𠁥切 |
| Baxter | hweaX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠuɛ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚæ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuæi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaɨj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɛ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣwai$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣwai$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | waai$^6$ |

#### Definitions

夥
* Only used in 夥頤／伙颐.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* immense
* tremendous

#### Readings

* Go-on: わ (wa)
* Kan-on: か (ka)
* Kun: おびただしい (obitadashii, 夥しい)

## Korean
### Hanja

夥 (eumhun 많을 과 (maneul gwa)) 夥 (eumhun 많을 화 (maneul hwa))
* hanja form of 과
* hanja form of 화

## Vietnamese
### Han character

夥: Hán Nôm readings: lõa/loã, hỏa/hoả, khỏa/khoả
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.