夥

See also: 伙

夥	U+5925, 夥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5925

← 夤
[U+5924]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夦 →
[U+5926]

Translingual

Han character

夥 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 田木弓戈弓 (WDNIN), four-corner 6792₇, composition ⿰果多)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5808
Dae Jaweon: page 492, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 865, character 8
Unihan data for U+5925

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	kloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, ɡroːlʔ, kʰluːls
裹	kloːlʔ, kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	kʰloːl, ɡroːlʔ
課	kʰloːl, kʰloːls
髁	kʰloːl, kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	kʰloːl, kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls
夥	qʰloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	qloːlʔ, kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ) : phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ) + semantic 多.

Etymology 1

trad.		夥
simp.		伙^*/夥

According to Fangyan, 夥, which means "many" or "much", was a dialectal expression found in rural Qi and Song and around the border between Chu and Wei (齊宋之郊、楚魏之際曰夥).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒ (huo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo²
Jin (Wiktionary): hue²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hóⁿ / hér / hé / hóe

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒ
  - Wade–Giles: huo³
  - Yale: hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
  - Palladius: хо (xo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒr
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwǒr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huool
  - Palladius: хор (xor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fo²
  - Yale: fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hue²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɤ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér
  - Tâi-lô: hér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé
  - Tâi-lô: hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hea
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe
  - Tâi-lô: hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³/

Note:

hóⁿ - literary;
hér/hé/hóe - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: huê²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²/

Middle Chinese: hwaX

Rime
Character	夥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡果切
Baxter	hwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa^X/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ^X/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wo⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡʷˤ]ajʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰloːlʔ/, /*ɡloːlʔ/, /*ɡroːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ hwa^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡʷˁ]ajʔ/
English	many, much [not pre-Qin]
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	夥	夥	夥
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4788	4789	4797
Phonetic component	果	果	果
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	火	禍	夥
Old Chinese	/*qʰloːlʔ/	/*ɡloːlʔ/	/*ɡroːlʔ/
Notes	火（夥）別體	說文果在右

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Definitions

夥

many; much; a lot of; numerous
(alt. form 伙) companion; partner; assistant

Compounds

Usage notes

In Simplified Chinese, this character should be written as 夥 rather than simplified as 伙 when used to express "many" or "much".

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		夥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siè
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
  - Yale: syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haai⁵
  - Yale: háaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: hweaX

Rime
Character	夥
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	懷𠁥切
Baxter	hweaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuæi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨj^X/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛ^X/
Wang Li	/ɣwai^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwai^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai⁶

Definitions

夥

Only used in 夥頤／伙颐.

Japanese

Kanji

夥

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

夥 (eumhun 많을 과 (maneul gwa))
夥 (eumhun 많을 화 (maneul hwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

夥: Hán Nôm readings: lõa/loã, hỏa/hoả, khỏa/khoả

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