濠

濠 U+6FE0, 濠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE0 ← 濟 [U+6FDF] CJK Unified Ideographs 濡 → [U+6FE1]

Translingual

Han character

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

1. moat, trench, ditch
2. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
3. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of 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.		濠

Glyph origin

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 *ɡaːw) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁵

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• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
    • Tâi-lô: hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: haw

Rime
Character	濠
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3750
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

濠

1. moat; trench; ditch

Compounds

• 濠梁
• 濠溝／濠沟 (háogōu)
• 濠濮間想／濠濮间想
• 濠賭股／濠赌股 (háodǔgǔ)
• 蔡濠 (Càiháo)

 

Japanese

Kanji

濠

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. moat, trench
2. (abbreviation) Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
3. (abbreviation) (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 環濠(かんごう) (kangō)
• 濠洲(ごうしゅう) (Gōshū), 濠州(ごうしゅう) (Gōshū): Australia
• 城濠(じょうごう) (jōgō)
• 雪濠(せつごう) (setsugō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
濠
ごう Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 濠 (MC haw).

Alternative forms

• 壕

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごー [góꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ː]

Noun

濠(ごう) • (gō) ^{←がう (gau)?}

1. moat, trench

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
濠
ほり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

Alternative forms

• 堀, 壕

Pronunciation

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

Noun

濠(ほり) • (hori) 

1. ditch, canal
2. moat

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 内濠(うちぼり) (uchibori)
• 城濠(しろぼり) (shirobori)
• 外濠(そとぼり) (sotobori)

Korean

Hanja

濠 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濠: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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