# 濠

| 濠 | U+6FE0, &#28640; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE0 |
| ← 濟 [U+6FDF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 濡 → [U+6FE1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

濠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口人 (EYRO), four-corner 3013$_2$, composition ⿰氵豪)
* moat, trench, ditch
* Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
* (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18502
* Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1771, character 9
* Unihan data for U+6FE0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 *ɡaːw) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): háo (hao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: háo
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: háo
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^2$
*** Yale: háu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
*** Palladius: хао (xao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^4$
*** Yale: hòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ho⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
*** Tâi-lô: hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâu
*** Sinological IPA : /hau⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: haw
Rime :
| Character | 濠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡刀切 |
| Baxter | haw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | háo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 濠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3750 |
| Phonetic component | 高 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 豪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːw/ |

### Definitions

濠
* moat; trench; ditch

### Compounds

* 濠梁
* 濠溝 / 濠沟 (háogōu)
* 濠濮間想 / 濠濮间想
* 濠賭股 / 濠赌股 (háodǔgǔ)
* 蔡濠 (Càiháo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* moat, trench
* (abbreviation) Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
* (abbreviation) (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: ほり (hori, 濠)

#### Compounds

* 環濠(かんごう) (kangō)
* 濠洲(ごうしゅう) (Gōshū), 濠州(ごうしゅう) (Gōshū): Australia
* 城濠(じょうごう) (jōgō)
* 雪濠(せつごう) (setsugō)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 濠
* ごう Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 濠 (MC haw).

#### Alternative forms

* 壕

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ごー [góꜜò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡo̞ː]

#### Noun

濠(ごう) • (gō)
* moat, trench

##### Usage notes

濠 implies one with water, 壕 implies one without water.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 濠
* ほり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掘る (horu, “to dig”).

#### Alternative forms

* 堀, 壕

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほり [hòríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [ho̞ɾʲi]

#### Noun

濠(ほり) • (hori)
* ditch, canal
* moat

##### Derived terms

* 内濠(うちぼり) (uchibori)
* 城濠(しろぼり) (shirobori)
* 外濠(そとぼり) (sotobori)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

濠 (eum 호 (ho))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

濠: Hán Nôm readings: hào
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