# 篙

| 篙 | U+7BD9, &#31705; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BD9 |
| ← 篘 [U+7BD8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 篚 → [U+7BDA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

篙 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜口月 (HYRB), four-corner 8822$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗高)

#### Derived characters

* 㰏 𢨠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 893, character 44
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26313
* Dae Jaweon: page 1321, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3004, character 2
* Unihan data for U+7BD9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 篙 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːw) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāo (gao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko / ko͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gao
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^1$
*** Yale: gāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gau
*** Palladius: гао (gao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$
*** Yale: gōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô
*** Hakka Romanization System: go$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko
*** Tâi-lô: ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ko⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kau
*** MiniDict: kau$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: kaw
Rime :
| Character | 篙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古勞切 |
| Baxter | kaw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaw/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gou$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 篙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3728 |
| Phonetic component | 高 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 髙 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːw/ |

### Definitions

篙
* bamboo pole used for punting boats
* a surname

### Compounds

* 撐篙 / 撑篙
* 杉篙
* 燈篙 / 灯篙
* 篙人
* 篙子
* 篙工
* 篙師 / 篙师
* 篙頭 / 篙头
* 船篙
* 豎燈篙 / 竖灯篙

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* pole used for punting boats

#### Readings

* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: さお (sao, 篙)

## Korean
### Hanja

篙 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
* a punting pole
* (boat) oar