悟

悟 U+609F, 悟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-609F ← 悞 [U+609E] CJK Unified Ideographs 悠 → [U+60A0]

Translingual

Han character

悟 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心一一口 (PMMR), four-corner 9106₁, composition ⿰忄吾)

Derived characters

• 𭉰, 𮢬, 𡩺, 𦷮, 𥧝, 𩄭, 𮒽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 388, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10680
• Dae Jaweon: page 720, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2303, character 4
• Unihan data for U+609F

Chinese

trad.		悟
simp. #		悟
alternative forms		寤 晤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːs) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngu⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): ngū
• Eastern Min (BUC): nguô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngō͘ / gō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ngu / ⁶ngou

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ng⁶
    • Yale: ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: go
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngu
    • MiniDict: ngu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngou
    • MiniDict: ngou^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ŋəu²³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nguH

Rime
Character	悟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五故切
Baxter	nguH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔH/
Li Rong	/ŋoH/
Wang Li	/ŋuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤa-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	悟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wù
Middle Chinese	‹ nguH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁa-s/
English	awake, realize
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悟
Reading #	1/1
No.	13152
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	誤
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːs/

Definitions

悟

1. (literary, or in compounds) to realize; to become aware; to awaken; to apprehend
2. a surname: Wu

Synonyms

• (to realize):

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道
• 覺／觉
• 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識／认识
• 諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達／通达 (tōngdá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to realize”):

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• 不了解 (bù liǎojiě)
• 不懂 (bùdǒng)
• 不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
• 不曉得／不晓得 (bù xiǎodé)
• 不知 (bùzhī)
• 不知道 (bù zhīdào)
• 不解 (bùjiě)
• 不通 (bùtōng)
• 伓知 (Puxian Min)
• 唔知 (Cantonese)
• 曉不得／晓不得
• 𣍐仈／𫧃仈 (mâ̤-báik) (Eastern Min)
• 毋知 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 毋知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 母雞／母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)

 

Compounds

• 不悟 (bùwù)
• 了悟 (liǎowù)
• 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
• 執迷不悟／执迷不悟 (zhímíbùwù)
• 夙悟
• 大徹大悟／大彻大悟 (dàchèdàwù)
• 大悟 (dàwù)
• 大澈大悟
• 妙悟 (miàowù)
• 孫悟空／孙悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng)
• 小悟 (Xiǎowù)
• 幡然悔悟
• 弗悟
• 徹悟／彻悟 (chèwù)
• 恍然大悟 (huǎngrándàwù)
• 悟出 (wùchū)
• 悟性 (wùxìng)
• 悔悟 (huǐwù)
• 悟禪／悟禅
• 悟道 (wùdào)
• 悟頭詩／悟头诗
• 感悟 (gǎnwù)
• 慧悟
• 憬悟 (jǐngwù)
• 才悟
• 明悟
• 曉悟／晓悟
• 會悟／会悟 (huìwù)
• 朗悟
• 機悟／机悟
• 沙悟淨／沙悟净 (Shā Wùjìng)
• 漸悟／渐悟
• 澈悟 (chèwù)
• 猛然大悟
• 玄悟
• 省悟 (xǐngwù)
• 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù)
• 神悟 (shénwù)
• 禪悟／禅悟 (chánwù)
• 穎悟／颖悟 (yǐngwù)
• 穎悟絕人／颖悟绝人
• 穎悟絕倫／颖悟绝伦
• 精悟玄鑒／精悟玄鉴
• 翻然悔悟
• 至死不悟
• 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
• 解悟
• 豁然大悟
• 豁然省悟
• 豁然開悟／豁然开悟
• 豬悟能／猪悟能 (Zhū Wùnéng)
• 跕鳶之悟／跕鸢之悟
• 達悟／达悟 (Dáwù)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù)
• 頓悟／顿悟 (dùnwù)
• 頓悟前非／顿悟前非
• 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)

 

References

• “悟”, 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

悟

(Jōyō kanji)

1. enlightenment
2. to apprehend, realize, become aware

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
• Kun: さとる (satoru, 悟る, Jōyō)、さとり (satori, 悟)

Compounds

• 悟性(ごせい) (gosei)
• 悟道(ごどう) (godō)
• 悟入(ごにゅう) (gonyū)
• 悟了(ごりょう) (goryō)
• 穎悟(えいご) (eigo)
• 悔悟(かいご) (kaigo)
• 改悟(かいご) (kaigo)
• 開悟(かいご) (kaigo)
• 覚悟(かくご) (kakugo)
• 漸悟(ぜんご) (zengo)
• 大悟(だいご) (daigo)
• 頓悟(とんご) (tongo)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悟
さとる Grade: S
kun'yomi

Proper noun

悟(さとる) • (Satoru) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悟
さとし Grade: S
nanori

Proper noun

悟(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

悟 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悟: Hán Nôm readings: ngộ

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