# 皓

| 皓 | U+7693, &#30355; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7693 |
| ← 皒 [U+7692] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 皔 → [U+7694] |

## Translingual
### Han character

皓 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹日竹土口 (HAHGR), four-corner 2466$_1$, composition ⿰白告)

#### Derived characters

* 澔, 𤏔, 𫉢

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22732
* Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7693

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 造 | *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ |
| 慥 | *skʰuːɡs |
| 艁 | *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ |
| 糙 | *skʰuːɡs |
| 告 | *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ |
| 誥 | *kuːɡs |
| 郜 | *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ |
| 祰 | *kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ |
| 靠 | *kʰuːɡs |
| 浩 | *ɡuːʔ, *kuːb |
| 晧 | *ɡuːʔ |
| 皓 | *ɡuːʔ |
| 窖 | *kruːɡs |
| 簉 | *skʰruɡs |
| 梏 | *kruːɡ, *kuːɡ |
| 硞 | *kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ |
| 牿 | *kuːɡ |
| 鵠 | *kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ |
| 酷 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 焅 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 嚳 | *kʰuːɡ |
| 頶 | *ɡuːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡuːʔ) : semantic 白 (“white”) + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).

### Etymology

Compare Proto-Tai *xaːwᴬ (“white”) (whence Zhuang hau and Thai ขาว (kǎao)) and Proto-Hlai *kʰaːw (“white”) (Matisoff, 1988).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hào (hao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou$^6$ / gou$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau$^4$ / hau$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hâu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hô̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hō
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hao$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hào
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hào
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^4$
*** Yale: hàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
*** Palladius: хао (xao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^6$ / gou$^2$
*** Yale: houh / góu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^6$ / gou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^6$ / gou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯²²/, /kou̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^4$ / hau$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hau²¹/, /hau³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: hau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hau̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hau⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō
*** Tâi-lô: hō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hao$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: háu
*** Sinological IPA : /hau⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: hawX
Rime :
| Character | 皓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡老切 |
| Baxter | hawX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 皓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3812 |
| Phonetic component | 告 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 晧 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡuːʔ/ |
| Notes | 小爾雅，集韻同顥 |

### Definitions

皓
* bright white; luminous white; shimmering white (e.g. of the moon, or of a beautiful woman)
    From: 《三灘集/삼탄집》, 1514
    Pung chwi nunyeop man yu ji, hongsu jo rae ral chwi yu. Si gyeon nogeum myeong ho wan, gak ui cheong ro jeok yeonji. [Sino-Korean]
    The wind blows on the young shoots that fill the tender branches, The red-sleeved girl comes early morning to pluck the verdant fronds. Sometimes I see the green leafage and her fair shining wrist, But I wonder: has the pure dew wet her rouge?
* white-haired; hoary
* (～日) (telegraphy) the nineteenth day of a month
    皓電／皓电 ― hàodiàn ― 19th Telegram
* a surname
* Alternative form of 昊 (hào, “vast (of the sky)”)

#### Synonyms

* 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
* 光亮 (guāngliàng)
* 光明 (guāngmíng)
* 光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
* 明亮 (míngliàng)
* 明朗 (mínglǎng)
* 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
* 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
* 炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
* 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
* 麟麟 (línlín) (literary)
* (white):
* 潔白／洁白 (jiébái)
* 白厲厲／白厉厉 (bái lìlì)
* 白歷皙／白历皙 (Hokkien)
* 白死皙 (Hokkien)
* 白殕殕 (Hokkien)
* 白濛濛／白蒙蒙 (Hokkien)
* 白皙皙 (Hokkien)
* 白皚皚／白皑皑 (bái'ái'ái)
* 白花花 (báihuāhuā)
* 白茫茫 (báimángmáng)
* 白蔥蔥／白葱葱 (Hokkien)
* 白雪雪 (baak$^6$ syut$^{3-1}$ syut$^{3-1}$) (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
* 白䭕䭕／白𬲕𬲕 (Hokkien)
* 皓然 (hàorán) (literary)
* 皓白 (hàobái) (literary)
* 雪白 (xuěbái)

### Compounds

* 商山四皓
* 四皓
* 尨眉皓髮／尨眉皓发
* 龐眉皓首／庞眉皓首
* 龐眉皓髮／庞眉皓发
* 明眸皓齒／明眸皓齿
* 星眸皓齒／星眸皓齿
* 朱口皓齒／朱口皓齿
* 朱脣皓齒／朱唇皓齿
* 發皓齒／发皓齿
* 皓旰 (hàogàn)
* 皓月 (hàoyuè)
* 皓然 (hàorán)
* 皓白 (hàobái)
* 皓皓 (hàohào)
* 皓礬／皓矾 (hàofán)
* 皓腕 (hàowàn)
* 皓首 (hàoshǒu)
* 皓首一經／皓首一经
* 皓首窮經／皓首穷经
* 皓首蒼顏／皓首苍颜
* 皓髮／皓发
* 皓魄
* 皓齒／皓齿 (hàochǐ)
* 皓齒明眸／皓齿明眸
* 皓齒星眸／皓齿星眸
* 皓齒朱脣／皓齿朱唇
* 皓齒蛾眉／皓齿蛾眉
* 蛾眉皓齒／蛾眉皓齿
* 鬢髮皓然／鬓发皓然

### References

* “皓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02730

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 皓 |
| Kyūjitai | 皓󠄁 皓+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 皓󠄃 皓+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: ひかる (hikaru, 皓る)、しろい (shiroi, 皓い)

### References

* ↑ “皓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

皓 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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