瓠
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Translingual
Han character
瓠 (Kangxi radical 97, 瓜+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大尸竹女人 (KSHVO), four-corner 42230, composition ⿰夸瓜)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 746, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21392
- Dae Jaweon: page 1155, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2655, character 10
- Unihan data for U+74E0
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |
Etymology 1
| trad. | 瓠 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 瓠 | |
| alternative forms | 𤫸 𤬄 𤬗 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hù
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hù
- Wade–Giles: hu4
- Yale: hù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
- Palladius: ху (xu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wu6
- Yale: wuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu6
- Guangdong Romanization: wu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: huH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤa-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaːs/
Definitions
瓠
- calabash gourd
- 魏王貽我大瓠之種，我樹之成而實五石。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Wèi wáng yí wǒ dà hù zhī zhǒng, wǒ shù zhī chéng ér shí wǔ dàn. [Pinyin]
- The king of Wei sent me some seeds of a large calabash, which I sowed. The fruit, when fully grown, could contain five piculs (of anything).
魏王贻我大瓠之种，我树之成而实五石。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 瓠 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 瓠 | |
| alternative forms | 瓡 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hú
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hú
- Wade–Giles: hu2
- Yale: hú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
- Palladius: ху (xu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wu4
- Yale: wùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù
- Hakka Romanization System: puˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pu2
- Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Middle Chinese: hu
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaː/
Definitions
瓠
- (obsolete) used in 瓠蘆／瓠芦, alternative form of 葫蘆 / 葫芦 (húlu, “bottle gourd; calabash”)
- (obsolete) container made of a large old bottle gourd
- (obsolete) alternative form of 壺 / 壶 (hú, “jar; jog”)
- (Taiwanese Hakka) bottle gourd; calabash
Compounds
- 康瓠
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huò
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huò
- Wade–Giles: huo4
- Yale: hwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
- Palladius: хо (xo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wok6
- Yale: wohk
- Cantonese Pinyin: wok9
- Guangdong Romanization: wog6
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
瓠
- (obsolete) only used in 瓠落 (“vast; spacious; frustrated”)
Compounds
- 瓠落 (huòluò)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gū
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gu
- Wade–Giles: ku1
- Yale: gū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
- Palladius: гу (gu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
瓠
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02611
- “瓠”, 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
瓠
Readings
Korean
Hanja
瓠 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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