# 搞

| 搞 | U+641E, &#25630; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-641E |
| ← 搝 [U+641D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 搟 → [U+641F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

搞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口月 (QYRB), four-corner 5002$_7$, composition ⿰扌高)

#### Derived characters

* 𦼸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12489
* Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1935, character 8
* Unihan data for U+641E

## 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 *kruːʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From a non-Mandarin Chinese 攪?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gǎo (gao$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gau$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): káu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gau$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gau$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǎu
* Eastern Min (BUC): gō̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): káu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gau; $^5$kau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gau$^3$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gao$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gao
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^2$
*** Yale: gáau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: káu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kau⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎu
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ko³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
*** Tâi-lô: káu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kao
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gao$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káu
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gau; $^5$kau
*** MiniDict: gau$^去$; kau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$gau; $^2$kau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡɔ²³/, /kɔ³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒu̯⁴¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit搞 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kɑu²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kau²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kɑu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kɔ⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kɔ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kao⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kɔo²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kɔ²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kau⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /gɔ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /gæ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /kɜ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kɔ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ko²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kau⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kaɯ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɑu²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kau³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kau³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kau³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kau³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kau⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kau³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kau²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kau⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kau²¹³/ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 搞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3756 |
| Phonetic component | 高 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絞 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruːʔ/ |
| Notes | 攪今字 |

### Definitions

搞
* to do (usually bad things)
    你搞咩呀！ [Cantonese] ― nei$^5$ gaau$^2$ me$^1$ aa$^3$! [Jyutping] ― What are you doing!
       From: 2019,
       m$^4$ hou$^2$ gaau$^2$ ngo$^5$ hau$^6$ min$^6$! [Jyutping]
       don't mess around behind me! (or: don't mess with my rear!)
* to work in; to be engaged in
* to make; to produce
* to manage; to take care of
* to get; to get hold of
* to set up; to organize
* (slang) to have sex; to fuck

#### Synonyms

* (to do):
* 作
* 做 (zuò)
* 妝 / 妆 (Wenzhounese)
* 幹 / 干
* 整治 (zhěngzhì)
* 物 (muêh$^8$) (Teochew)
* 變 / 变 (Hokkien)
* 辦 / 办 (bàn)

### Compounds

* 怎麼搞的 / 怎么搞的
* 搞七捻三
* 搞三搞四 (gǎosāngǎosì)
* 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
* 搞不懂
* 搞丟 / 搞丢
* 搞亂 / 搞乱 (gǎoluàn)
* 搞出人命 (gǎo chū rénmìng)
* 搞妥
* 搞定 (gǎodìng)
* 搞心態 / 搞心态 (gǎo xīntài)
* 搞怪
* 搞懂
* 搞掂
* 搞活 (gǎohuó)
* 搞砸 (gǎozá)
* 搞破鞋
* 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
* 搞衛生 / 搞卫生 (gǎo wèishēng)
* 搞頭 / 搞头 (gǎotou)
* 搞飛機 / 搞飞机
* 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
* 瞎搞
* 胡搞 (húgǎo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: たたく (tataku, 搞く)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

搞: Hán Nôm readings: cào, cạo, cảo, xao, quào
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