𠢕

See also: 𠞪

𠢕	U+20895, 𠢕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20895

← 𠢔
[U+20894]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B

𠢖 →
[U+20896]

Translingual

Han character

𠢕 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土大大尸 (GKKS), composition ⿱敖力)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 378, character 1
Unihan data for U+20895

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𠢕
alternative forms		𠞪賢／贤 Southern Min 爻 Hokkien 驁／骜 Hokkien 𬥎 Teochew

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 力 (“strength”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): háo (hao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: háo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: háo
  - Wade–Giles: hao²
  - Yale: háu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
  - Palladius: хао (xao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hou⁴
  - Yale: hòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâu
  - Tâi-lô: gâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡau⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: haw

Rime
Character	𠢕
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
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

Definitions

𠢕

Original form of 豪 (háo, “powerful; strong; sturdy”).
(Southern Min) capable; competent; good (at something)
(Southern Min) well; with competence
伊真𠢕寫文章。 [Hokkien, trad.]
伊真𠢕写文章。 [Hokkien, simp.]
I chin gâu siá bûn-chiong. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
He writes articles very well.
(Southern Min) easily
上課的時陣我真𠢕盹龜。 [Hokkien, trad.]
上课的时阵我真𠢕盹龟。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Siōng-khò ê sî-chūn góa chin gâu tuh-ku. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
I easily doze off during class.
(Teochew) well-behaved
(Taiwanese Hokkien) so; that
𠢕早！ [Hokkien] ― Gâu-chá! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Good morning! (literally, “so early!”)

Synonyms

(capable): (Cantonese) 叻 (lek1)
(well-behaved):
edit
- 乖 (guāi)
- 儇 (Wu)
- 懂事 (dǒngshì)
- 懂事體 / 懂事体 (Wu)
- 捌事 (báik-tâi) (Eastern Min)
- 明事理 (míngshìlǐ)
- 曉事 / 晓事 (xiǎoshì)
- 聽話 / 听话 (tīnghuà)
- 聽閒話 / 听闲话 (¹thin ⁶ghe-gho₆) (Northern Wu)

Compounds

假𠢕 (ké-gâu)
𠢕人 (gâu-lâng)
𠢕吮食 (gâu-chhńg-chia̍h)
𠢕早 (gâu-chá) (good morning)
𠢕會 / 𠢕会
𠢕開 / 𠢕开 (gâu khai)

References

“𠢕”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C00763