琥

琥 U+7425, 琥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7425 ← 琤 [U+7424] CJK Unified Ideographs 琦 → [U+7426]

Translingual

Han character

琥 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜心弓 (MGYPN) or 一土卜心山 (MGYPU), four-corner 1111₇, composition ⿰𤣩虎)

1. jewel in shape of tiger
2. amber

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21061
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1121, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7425

Chinese

trad.		琥
simp. #		琥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlaːʔ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔ (hu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hu³
    • Yale: hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xuX

Rime
Character	琥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼古切
Baxter	xuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huoX/
Pan Wuyun	/huoX/
Shao Rongfen	/xoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɔX/
Li Rong	/xoX/
Wang Li	/xuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琥
Reading #	1/1
No.	5231
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	虎
Old Chinese	/*qʰlaːʔ/

Definitions

琥

1. Only used in 琥珀 (hǔpò, “amber”).

Compounds

• 琥珀 (hǔpò)
• 琥珀色 (hǔpòsè)
• 琥珀酸 (hǔpòsuān)

 

Japanese

Kanji

琥

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. jewelled tiger.

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)

Compounds

• 琥(こ)珀(はく) (kohaku)
• 琥(こ)珀(はく)色(いろ) (kohakuiro)

Korean

Hanja

琥 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

琥: Hán Nôm readings: hổ

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