# 槁

| 槁 | U+69C1, &#27073; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69C1 |
| ← 槀 [U+69C0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 槂 → [U+69C2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

槁 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木卜口月 (DYRB), four-corner 4092$_7$, composition ⿰木高)

#### Derived characters

* 𡂀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 545, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15300
* Dae Jaweon: page 933, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1267, character 8
* Unihan data for U+69C1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 槁 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
| | 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 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǎo (gao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^3$
*** Yale: gǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
*** Palladius: гао (gao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^2$
*** Yale: góu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khawX
Rime :
| Character | 槁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦浩切 |
| Baxter | khawX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hou$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/, /*kʰaːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 槁 | 槁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3731 | 3738 |
| Phonetic component | 高 | 高 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 暠 | 考 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːwʔ/ | /*kʰaːwʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文木在下 | |

#### Definitions

槁
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wither
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of a tree or wood) withered; rotten; dead
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dried up tree

#### Compounds

* 形容枯槁 (xíngróng kūgǎo)
* 振槁
* 枯槁 (kūgǎo)
* 槁木
* 槁木死灰
* 槁街
* 槁項黃馘 / 槁项黄馘
* 槁骨
* 槁骨腐肉
* 死灰槁木
* 灰心槁形
* 禾槁
* 藉槁 / 借槁
* 面如槁木

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 槁 – see 犒 (“to reward with food and drink; to feast”). (This character is an obsolete form of 犒).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 槁 – see 篙 (“pole used for punting boats”). (This character is an obsolete form of 篙).

### References

* “槁”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* dried up tree
* to wither; to rot (of a tree or wood)
    Synonym: 熇
* to dry

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: かれる (kareru, 槁れる)

#### Compounds

* 槁(こう)梧(ご) (kōgo)
* 槁(こう)骨(こつ) (kōkotsu)
* 槁(こう)悴(すい) (kōsui)
* 槁(こう)暴(ばく) (kōbaku)
* 槁(こう)木(ぼく) (kōboku)
* 枯(こ)槁(こう) (kokō)
* 燋(しょう)槁(こう) (shōkō)
* 凋(ちょう)槁(こう) (chōkō)

## Korean
### Hanja

槁 (eum 고 (go))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

槁: Hán Nôm readings: cau
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