豪

豪 U+8C6A, 豪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C6A ← 豩 [U+8C69] CJK Unified Ideographs 豫 → [U+8C6B]

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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

豪 (radical 152, 豕+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月人 (YRBO), four-corner 0023₂, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖豕)

Derived characters

• 儫 壕 嚎 濠 檺 蠔 譹 籇

References

• KangXi: page 1197, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1659, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3615, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8C6A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		豪

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːw): phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw) + semantic 豕 (“pig, boar”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hau²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô / hô͘ / hâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁵ / ho⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau²
    • IPA: /hau¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
    • Tâi-lô: hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâu
    • Tâi-lô: hâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁵ / ho⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâu / hô
    • IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵/, /ho⁵⁵/

Note: ho5 - “porcupine”.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑu/▼

Rime
Character	豪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[g]ˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	háo
Middle Chinese	‹ haw ›
Old Chinese	/*[g]ˁaw/
English	procupine; shaggy animal
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	豪
Reading #	1/1
No.	3747
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

豪

1. ^† porcupine
2. ^† great; extraordinary

   豪飲 / 豪饮  ―  háoyǐn  ―  to drink a lot

   文豪  ―  wénháo  ―  great writer

   豪強 / 豪强  ―  háoqiáng  ―  bully

3. open-minded; straightforward
4. (dialectal, Mandarin) kite (toy)

Synonyms

Compounds

Derived terms from 豪

• 五陵豪氣／五陵豪气
• 勢豪／势豪 (shìháo)
• 哀絲豪竹／哀丝豪竹
• 土豪 (tǔháo)
• 土豪劣紳／土豪劣绅 (tǔháo lièshēn)
• 大文豪
• 女中豪傑／女中豪杰
• 富豪 (fùháo)
• 富貴豪宕／富贵豪宕
• 巧偷豪奪／巧偷豪夺
• 巧取豪奪／巧取豪夺
• 引以自豪
• 文豪 (wénháo)
• 暴取豪奪／暴取豪夺
• 權豪勢要／权豪势要
• 汗充棟豪／汗充栋豪
• 粗豪
• 綠林豪客／绿林豪客
• 腰粗氣豪／腰粗气豪
• 自豪 (zìháo)
• 英豪 (yīngháo)
• 英雄豪傑／英雄豪杰
• 詐取豪奪／诈取豪夺
• 豪侈
• 豪俊
• 豪俠／豪侠 (háoxiá)
• 豪俠好義／豪侠好义
• 豪俠強徒／豪侠强徒

• 豪傑／豪杰 (háojié)
• 豪右
• 豪士
• 豪壯／豪壮
• 豪奢 (háoshē)
• 豪奢放逸
• 豪奪／豪夺
• 豪奪巧取／豪夺巧取
• 豪奴
• 豪宕 (háodàng)
• 豪客
• 豪富
• 豪強／豪强 (háoqiáng)
• 豪忕
• 豪恣
• 豪情 (háoqíng)
• 豪情壯志／豪情壮志
• 豪情萬丈／豪情万丈
• 豪情逸致
• 豪放 (háofàng)
• 豪放不羈／豪放不羁 (háofàng bùjī)
• 豪放派
• 豪放雄邁／豪放雄迈
• 豪橫／豪横
• 豪氣／豪气 (háoqì)
• 豪氣干雲／豪气干云
• 豪爽 (háoshuǎng)
• 豪猾

• 豪素
• 豪紳／豪绅 (háoshēn)
• 豪縱／豪纵
• 豪臣
• 豪興／豪兴 (háoxìng)
• 豪舉／豪举
• 豪英
• 豪華／豪华 (háohuá)
• 豪華車／豪华车
• 豪言壯語／豪言壮语
• 豪語／豪语
• 豪豬／豪猪 (háozhū)
• 豪賭／豪赌
• 豪邁／豪迈 (háomài)
• 豪邁不群／豪迈不群
• 豪釐千里
• 豪門／豪门 (háomén)
• 豪門貴胄／豪门贵胄
• 豪闊／豪阔
• 豪雄
• 豪雨 (háoyǔ)
• 豪雨特報／豪雨特报
• 豪飲／豪饮
• 鄉豪／乡豪
• 里豪
• 雄豪
• 顧盼自豪／顾盼自豪
• 麻豪口 (Máháokǒu)

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Japanese

Kanji

豪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. magnificent, bold
2. (abbreviation) Australia

   〈豪 (ごう)俗 (ぞく)〉

   〈gō zoku〉

   (Australia, slang)

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 豪い); やまあらし (yamaarashi)
• Nanori: ご (go); すぐる (suguru); たけ (take); たけし (takeshi); ひで (hide); まさる (masaru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 豪 (ごう)華 (か) (gōka)
• 豪傑 (ごうけつ) (gōketsu)
• 強 (きょう)豪 (ごう) (kyōgō)
• 文 (ぶん)豪 (ごう) (bungō)
• 豪 (ごう)州 (しゅう) (Gōshū): Australia

Proper noun

豪 (hiragana ごう, rōmaji Gō)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

豪 (hào)

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