秏

See also: 耗

秏	U+79CF, 秏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79CF

← 秎
[U+79CE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

秐 →
[U+79D0]

Translingual

Han character

秏 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹手山 (HDHQU), four-corner 2291₄, composition ⿰禾毛)

to waste, destroy, diminish
rat

Derived characters

𦳁, 𩮄

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 850, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24946
Dae Jaweon: page 1274, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2594, character 5
Unihan data for U+79CF

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毛	maːw, maːws
髦	*maːw
旄	maːw, maːws
芼	maːw, maːws
氂	rɯ, maːw
枆	*maːw
酕	*maːw
牦	*maːw
耄	*maːws
覒	*maːws
眊	maːws, mraːwɢ
耗	*hmaːws
秏	hmaːws, hmɯːbs
毣	mraːwɢ, moːwɢ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 秏 – see 耗 (“to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise; to weaken; to cripple; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 耗).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		秏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hào
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hào
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴
  - Yale: hàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
  - Palladius: хао (xao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: xwojH, xawH

Rime
Character	秏	秏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	荒内切	呼到切
Baxter	xwojH	xawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌi^H/	/hɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/huoi^H/	/hɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒi^H/	/xɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəj^H/	/haw^H/
Li Rong	/xuᴀi^H/	/xɑu^H/
Wang Li	/xuɒi^H/	/xɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆i^H/	/xɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui³	hou³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hmaːws/, /*hmɯːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秏	秏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8795	8796
Phonetic component	毛	毛
Rime group	宵	內
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hmaːws/	/*hmɯːbs/

Definitions

秏

(obsolete) a type of rice plant
- 秏，稻屬。伊尹曰：「飯之美者，玄山之禾，南海之秏。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  秏，稻属。伊尹曰：「饭之美者，玄山之禾，南海之秏。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE
  Hào, dào shǔ. Yī Yǐn yuē: “Fàn zhī měi zhě, Xuánshān zhī hé, Nánhǎi zhī hào.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03090

Japanese

Kanji

秏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、かい (kai)、ぼう (bō)、もう (mō)