夰

夰 U+5930, 夰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5930 ← 夯 [U+592F] CJK Unified Ideographs 失 → [U+5931]

Translingual

Han character

夰 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 大中中 (KLL), composition ⿱大⿰丿丨)

Derived characters

• 昦, 𤽟, 𬛬, 奡, 𥉁, 臩, 𣔷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5843
• Dae Jaweon: page 508, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 525, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5930

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (夰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
夰	*kuːʔ, *ɡuːʔ
昦	*ɡuːʔ

Unclear. Xu Shen: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 大 (“man”) + 八 (“divide”) – “to release”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³
    • Yale: gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou²
    • Yale: góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hawX, kawX

Rime
Character	夰	夰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡老切	古老切
Baxter	hawX	kawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/	/kɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/	/kɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/	/kɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/	/kawX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/	/kɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/	/kɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/	/kɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào	gǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6	gou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːʔ/, /*ɡuːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夰	夰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3794	3795
Phonetic component	夰	夰
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠	晧
Old Chinese	/*kuːʔ/	/*ɡuːʔ/

Definitions

夰

1. (historical dictionaries only) to release; to disperse
2. alternative form of 昊 (hào)

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

夰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、ごう (gō)
• Kun: はなつ (hanatsu, 夰つ)