See also:
U+5925, 夥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5925

[U+5924]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5926]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp. */

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 edit


Note:
  • hóⁿ - literary;
  • hér/hé/hóe - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑX/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huǒ
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwaX ›
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
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 4788 4789 4797
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰloːlʔ/ /*ɡloːlʔ/ /*ɡroːlʔ/
Notes
  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Gan Chinese”

Definitions edit

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

Compounds edit

Usage notes edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (32)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie 𠁥
Baxter hweaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠuɛX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɛX/
Wang
Li
/ɣwaiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
waai6

Definitions edit

  1. Only used in 夥頤伙颐.

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. immense
  2. tremendous

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 많을 (maneul gwa))
(eumhun 많을 (maneul hwa))

  1. Hanja form? of .
  2. Hanja form? of .

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

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

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