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

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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/
• 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/

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• 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

1. Original form of 豪 (háo, “powerful; strong; sturdy”).
2. (Southern Min) capable; competent; good (at something)
3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (Teochew) well-behaved
6. (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