# 哿

| 哿 | U+54FF, &#21759; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FF |
| ← 哾 [U+54FE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 唀 → [U+5500] |

## Translingual
### Han character

哿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大口一弓口 (KRMNR), four-corner 4662$_1$, composition ⿱加可)
* excellent
* to commend
* to be able to

#### Derived characters

* 𥰮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3685
* Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 635, character 4
* Unihan data for U+54FF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
| 柯 | *kaːl |
| 菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
| 牁 | *kaːl |
| 滒 | *kaːl |
| 哥 | *kaːl |
| 歌 | *kaːl |
| 謌 | *kaːl |
| 鴚 | *kaːl |
| 哿 | *kaːlʔ |
| 舸 | *kaːlʔ |
| 笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
| 軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 珂 | *kʰaːl |
| 可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
| 呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
| 訶 | *qʰaːl |
| 抲 | *qʰaːl |
| 荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 河 | *ɡaːl |
| 苛 | *ɡaːl |
| 魺 | *ɡaːl |
| 袔 | *ɡaːls |
| 阿 | *qaːl |
| 妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
| 鈳 | *qaːl |
| 娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 痾 | *qaːl |
| 跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
| 閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gě (ge$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): go$^2$ / ho$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gě
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gě
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^3$
*** Yale: gě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: go$^2$ / ho$^2$
*** Yale: gó / hó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: go$^2$ / ho$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: go$^2$ / ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔː³⁵/, /hɔː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kaX
Rime :
| Character | 哿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古我切 |
| Baxter | kaX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ka$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | go$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 哿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7441 |
| Phonetic component | 可 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 哿 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːlʔ/ |

### Definitions

哿
* excellent; acceptable; pleasing
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Gě yǐ fùrén, āi cǐ qióng dú. [Pinyin]
    The rich may get through, but alas for the helpless and solitary!
* to praise

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* good, excellent

#### Readings

* Go-on: か (ka)
* Kan-on: か (ka)
* Kun: よい (yoi, 哿い)

#### Usage notes

Used in the Nihon Shoki as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ka⟩:
* 720, Nihon Shoki (poem 84/87)
    野麻登陛爾(やまとへに)瀰我保指母能婆(みがほしものは)於尸農瀰能(おしぬみの)莒能陀(このた)哿(か)紀儺屡(きなる)都奴娑之能瀰野(つのさしのみや) [Man'yōgana]
    大和(やまと)辺(へ)に見(み)が欲(ほ)しものは忍海(おしぬみ)の此(こ)の高(たか)城(き)なる角刺(つのさし)の宮(みや) [Modern spelling]

### References

* ↑ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup (Volume 1 of A Waka Anthology), illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 100

## Korean
### Hanja

哿 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka)
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