U+539A, 厚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-539A

[U+5399]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+539B]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

Stroke order
 

(Kangxi radical 27, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一日弓木 (MAND), four-corner 71247, composition )

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 161, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2949
  • Dae Jaweon: page 368, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 72, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+539A

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Ideogrammic compound (會意): (cliff; cave on a cliff) + 𣆪 (jug). According to Shuowen, 𣆪 is an inverted .

PronunciationEdit


Note:
  • gè - colloquial;
  • hē - literary.
  • Min Dong
  • Note:
    • gâu - colloquial;
    • hâiu - literary.
  • Min Nan
  • Note:
    • hiǒ/hō͘ - literary;
    • kǎu/kāu - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /xou⁵¹/
    Harbin /xou⁵³/
    Tianjin /xou⁵³/
    Jinan /xou²¹/
    Qingdao /xou⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /xou³¹²/
    Xi'an /xou⁴⁴/
    Xining /xɯ²¹³/
    Yinchuan /xəu¹³/
    Lanzhou /xou¹³/
    Ürümqi /xɤu²¹³/
    Wuhan /xəu³⁵/
    Chengdu /xəu¹³/
    Guiyang /xəu²¹³/
    Kunming /xəu²¹²/
    Nanjing /xəɯ⁴⁴/
    Hefei /xɯ⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /xəu⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /xəu³⁵/
    Hohhot /xəu⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦɤ²³/
    Suzhou /ɦɤ³¹/
    Hangzhou /ɦei¹³/
    Wenzhou /gau³⁵/
    /ɦau³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /xiu³⁵/
    Tunxi /ɕiu²⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /xəu⁵⁵/
    /xəu¹¹/
    Xiangtan /ɦəɯ²¹/
    Gan Nanchang /hɛu²¹/
    Hakka Meixian /heu⁵³/
    Taoyuan /heu⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐu²³/
    Nanning /hɐu²⁴/
    Hong Kong /hɐu¹³/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hɔ²²/
    /kau²²/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kɑu²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ke⁴²/
    /xe⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /kau³⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /hɔu³³/
    /hɔu³⁵/
    /kau³³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (33) (33)
    Final () (137) (137)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () I I
    Fanqie
    Baxter huwX huwH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ɦəuX/ /ɦəuH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɦəuX/ /ɦəuH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ɣəuX/ /ɣəuH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ɦəwX/ /ɦəwH/
    Li
    Rong
    /ɣuX/ /ɣuH/
    Wang
    Li
    /ɣəuX/ /ɣəuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ɣə̯uX/ /ɣə̯uH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    hòu hòu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hau6 hau6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    hòu
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ huwX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*Cə.[ɡ]ˁ(r)oʔ/
    English thick

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 5176 5177
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    𠋫
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡoːʔ/ /*ɡoːs/

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. thick
      棉被  ―  hòu miánbèi  ―  thick cotton quilt
    2. large; substantial
        ―  hòu  ―  lavish gift; generous gift
    3. deep; profound
      深情深情  ―  shēnqínghòu  ―  deep friendship
    4. rich; strong
        ―  jiǔ wèi hěn hòu  ―  the wine is strong
    5. generous; kind
        ―  kuānhòu  ―  tolerant and generous
        ―  rénhòu  ―  benevolent and generous
    6. to favour
      此薄彼  ―  hòucǐbóbǐ  ―  to favour one and slight the other
    7. thickness; depth
    8. (Min Nan) many; much
    9. () Hou (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

    SynonymsEdit

    AntonymsEdit

    • (, “thin”)

    DescendantsEdit

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Korean: 후(厚) (hu)

    CompoundsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. thick
    2. heavy
    3. kind

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Proper nounEdit

    (あつし) (Atsushi

    1. a male given name

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    (eum (hu))

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    : Hán Nôm readings: hậu

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