鎬

See also: 镐

鎬 U+93AC, 鎬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93AC ← 鎫 [U+93AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎭 → [U+93AD]

Translingual

Han character

鎬 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金卜口月 (CYRB), four-corner 8012₇, composition ⿰釒高)

1. stove
2. bright

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40741
• Dae Jaweon: page 1818, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4243, character 11
• Unihan data for U+93AC

Chinese

trad.		鎬
simp.		镐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鎬
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: hou⁶
    • Yale: houh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō
    • Tâi-lô: hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hawX

Rime
Character	鎬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡老切
Baxter	hawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3751
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晧
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːwʔ/

Definitions

鎬

1. (historical) synonym of 鎬京 / 镐京 (Hàojīng), Hao (a former capital of China under the Zhou Dynasty)

   • 徐廣曰：「豐在京兆鄠縣，東有靈臺。鎬在上林昆明，北有鎬池，去豐二十五里。皆在長安南數十里。」 [MSC, trad.]
     徐广曰：「丰在京兆鄠县，东有灵台。镐在上林昆明，北有镐池，去丰二十五里。皆在长安南数十里。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 裴駰 Pei Yin,《史記集解》 Collected Explanations on the Records of the Grand Historian

     Xú Guǎng yuē: “Fēng zài Jīngzhào Hùxiàn, dōng yǒu Língtái. Hào zài Shànglín Kūnmíng, běi yǒu Hào chí, qù Fēng èrshíwǔ lǐ. Jiē zài Cháng'ān nán shù shí lǐ.” [Pinyin]

     Xu Guang said: "Feng was in Hu Prefecture in Jingzhao, to its east there was the Numinous Terrace; Hao was in the royal park of Shanglin's Kunming; to its north there was Hao Pond, 25 li from Feng; all were tens of li from Chang'an."

Derived terms

• 豐鎬 / 丰镐 (Fēnghào)
• 鎬京 / 镐京 (hàojīng)

Descendants

• → English: Hao

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu / hō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³
    • Yale: gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gou²
    • Yale: góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
    • Tâi-lô: káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō
    • Tâi-lô: hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho²²/

Note: káu - vernacular (俗).

Definitions

鎬

1. pickaxe; pick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 十字鎬 (“pickaxe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鎬, 十字鎬, 鶴嘴鋤, 鶴嘴鎬, 鎬頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鎬
	Taiwan	十字鎬
	Chengde	鎬
	Chifeng	鎬頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鎬頭
	Heihe	鎬, 鎬頭, 钁頭
	Qiqihar	鎬頭
	Harbin	鎬, 洋鎬, 鎬頭, 鐵鎬
	Jiamusi	鎬, 鎬頭
	Baicheng	鎬, 鎬頭
	Changchun	鎬
	Tonghua	鎬頭, 钁頭
	Shenyang	鎬, 鎬頭
	Jinzhou	鎬, 鎬頭
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鎬
	Tangshan	鎬
	Cangzhou	洋鎬
	Baoding	鎬
	Shijiazhuang	鎬
	Lijin	大鎬
	Jinan	洋鎬, 鎬, 钁頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	洋鎬
	Dandong	鎬, 鎬頭, 钁頭, 洋鎬
	Yantai	鎬
	Yantai (Muping)	鎬
	Qingdao	鎬
	Zhucheng	鎬, 洋鎬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鎬
	Lingbao	鎬
	Jining	钁
	Linfen	钁頭
	Shangqiu	鐵鎬, 钁頭
	Yuanyang	钁鋤
	Zhengzhou	钁頭
	Xinyang	洋鎬
	Baihe	洋鎬
	Xi'an	洋鎬, 钁頭
	Baoji	钁頭
	Tianshui	钁頭
	Xining	鎬頭, 尖尖板鐝, 板钁
	Xuzhou	洋鎬, 钁頭
	Fuyang	鎬, 钁頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鎬
	Lanzhou	鎬, 钁頭
	Hami	钁頭
	Ürümqi	十字鎬, 钁頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	十字鎬
	Nanchong	十字鍬
	Xichang	十字鍬
	Chongqing	十字鎬
	Wuhan	鎬頭, 洋鎬
	Yichang	十字鎬
	Xiangyang	鎬, 钁頭, 十字鎬
	Tianmen	鎬, 啄鋤
	Guiyang	十字鎬
	Bijie	洋啄
	Liping	洋鎬鋤
	Zhaotong	洋啄
	Dali	十字頭
	Kunming	十字鎬
	Mengzi	洋挖挖
	Guilin	羊角鋤
	Liuzhou	洋鎬
	Jishou	洋鎬
	Changde	丁字鎬
	Hanzhong	洋鎬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	洋鎬
	Yangzhou	鎬
	Lianyungang	钁頭, 洋鎬, 魯斤
	Lianshui	蘆機子
	Nantong	鎬
	Anqing	鎬
	Wuhu	洋鎬, 老钁
	Hefei	洋鎬
	Hong'an	羊角鋤鋤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	十字鎬, 十字鋤, 鶴嘴鋤
	Hong Kong	翻啄, 翻釘
	Dongguan	翻釘, 十字鋤
Hakka	Yudu	洋鎬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	灌嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	灌嘴
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	尖嘴概
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	灌嘴
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	石挖仔
Huizhou	Shexian	洋鎬
Jin	Taiyuan	洋鎬, 鎬頭, 鎬
	Yangyuan	鎬
	Datong	鎬, 洋鎬
	Xinzhou	洋鉤, 钁子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	洋鎬, 洋钁
	Changzhi	洋鎬, 钁鋤
	Linhe	钁頭
	Jining	钁頭
	Hohhot	鎬, 鎬頭, 钁頭, 钁子
	Erenhot	鎬頭, 钁頭
	Pingshan	鎬, 钁子
	Zhangjiakou	鎬頭, 钁頭
	Handan	鎬, 钁頭
	Linzhou	洋鎬
	Suide	钁頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	尖錐
	Zhangzhou	尖喙仔, 刮喙仔
	Zhao'an	掘仔
	Taipei	掘仔, 尖掘, 杴仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	雙頭掘仔, 掘仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	掘仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	掘仔
	Kaohsiung	尖喙掘仔, 掘仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	掘仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	尖喙掘仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	尖喙斧
	Yilan	掘仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	掘仔, 尖喙掘仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	掘仔, 雙頭掘仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	掘仔
	Taichung	掘仔
	Tainan	掘仔, 闊喙 GT
	Tainan (Anping)	掘仔
	Hsinchu	尖喙掘仔
	Kinmen	杴, 尖掘, 鳥啄
	Penghu (Magong)	掘仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	掘仔
Wu	Shanghai	洋鎬
	Suzhou	洋鎬
	Hangzhou	洋鎬
Xiang	Changsha	洋鎬, 一齒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 十字鎬 / 十字镐 (shízìgǎo)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâuⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hâunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hãu¹³/

Definitions

鎬

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to cook something a bit

Japanese

Glyph origin

しのぎ (shinogi, “grind line”)

国訓(こっくん) (kokkun); hence perhaps an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 釒 (“metal”) + semantic 高 (“high”). Compare 縞(しま) (shima, “stripe”).

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 鎬

鎬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: なべ (nabe, 鎬)、しのぎ (shinogi, 鎬)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鎬
しのぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鎬 – see the following entry.

【しのぎ】 [noun] grind line (bevel on a blade)

(This term, 鎬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲鎬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

鎬 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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