夰

夰	U+5930, 夰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5930

← 夯
[U+592F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

失 →
[U+5931]

Translingual

Han character

夰 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大中中 (KLL), composition ⿱大⿰丿丨)

Derived characters

昦, 𤽟, 𬛬, 奡, 𥉁, 臩, 𣔷

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5843
Dae Jaweon: page 508, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 525, character 2
Unihan data for U+5930

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夰

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
夰	kuːʔ, ɡuːʔ
昦	*ɡuːʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kao³
  - Yale: gǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
  - Palladius: гао (gao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gou²
  - Yale: góu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hawX, kawX

Rime
Character	夰	夰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡老切	古老切
Baxter	hawX	kawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu^X/	/kɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu^X/	/kɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu^X/	/kɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw^X/	/kaw^X/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu^X/	/kɑu^X/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu^X/	/kɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑu^X/	/kɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào	gǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou⁶	gou²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kuːʔ/, /*ɡuːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夰	夰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3794	3795
Phonetic component
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠	晧
Old Chinese	/*kuːʔ/	/*ɡuːʔ/

Definitions

夰

To release (Xu Shen sees 大, "man", and 八, "divide")

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

夰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、ごう (gō)
Kun: はなつ (hanatsu, 夰つ)