U+6FE0, 濠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE0

[U+6FDF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6FE1]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口人 (EYRO), four-corner 30132, composition )

  1. moat, trench, ditch
  2. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
  3. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18502
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1771, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6FE0

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːw): semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡaːw).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter haw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaw/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑu/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
háo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3750
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

  1. moat; trench; ditch

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. moat, trench
  2. (abbreviation) Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
  3. (abbreviation, geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Readings

  • Go-on: ごう ()
  • Kan-on: こう ()
  • Kun: ほり (hori, )

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ごう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC haw).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(ごう) • (がう (gau)?

  1. moat, trench
Usage notes

濠 implies one with water, 壕 implies one without water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ほり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 掘る (horu, to dig).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [hòríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾʲi]

Noun

(ほり) • (hori

  1. ditch, canal
  2. moat
Derived terms
  • 内濠(うちぼり) (uchibori)
  • 城濠(しろぼり) (shirobori)
  • 外濠(そとぼり) (sotobori)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eum (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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