槁

槁	U+69C1, 槁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69C1

← 槀
[U+69C0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

槂 →
[U+69C2]

Translingual

Han character

槁 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木卜口月 (DYRB), four-corner 4092₇, composition ⿰木高)

Derived characters

𡂀

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 545, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15300
Dae Jaweon: page 933, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1267, character 8
Unihan data for U+69C1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		槁
alternative forms		槀藁𩫓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 槁
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	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 / 形声, OC *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

Etymology 1

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: khawX

Rime
Character	槁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦浩切
Baxter	khawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaw^X/
Li Rong	/kʰɑu^X/
Wang Li	/kʰɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/, /*kʰaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	槁	槁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3731	3738
Phonetic component	高	高
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠	考
Old Chinese	/*kaːwʔ/	/*kʰaːwʔ/
Notes	說文木在下

Definitions

槁

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wither
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of a tree or wood) withered; rotten; dead
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dried up tree

Compounds

形容枯槁 (xíngróng kūgǎo)
振槁
枯槁 (kūgǎo)
槁木
槁木死灰
槁街
槁項黃馘 / 槁项黄馘
槁骨
槁骨腐肉
死灰槁木
灰心槁形
禾槁
藉槁 / 借槁
面如槁木

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 槁 – see 犒 (“to reward with food and drink; to feast”). (This character is an obsolete form of 犒).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 槁 – see 篙 (“pole used for punting boats”). (This character is an obsolete form of 篙).

References

“槁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

槁

(Hyōgai kanji)

dried up tree
to wither; to rot (of a tree or wood)
Synonym: 熇
to dry

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: かれる (kareru, 槁れる)

Compounds

槁(こう)梧(ご) (kōgo)
槁(こう)骨(こつ) (kōkotsu)
槁(こう)悴(すい) (kōsui)
槁(こう)暴(ばく) (kōbaku)
槁(こう)木(ぼく) (kōboku)
枯(こ)槁(こう) (kokō)
燋(しょう)槁(こう) (shōkō)
凋(ちょう)槁(こう) (chōkō)

Korean

Hanja

槁 (eum 고 (go))

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Vietnamese

Han character

槁: Hán Nôm readings: cau

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