嚆

嚆 · hāo

give forth sound, make noise

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hāo
Cantonese
hou1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

give forth sound, make noise

Dictionary definitions & readings

嚆 hāo · sound; noise

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10688.100:hāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0443.070:hāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
132.040:hāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hāo粵hou1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ キョウ さけぶ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
효:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許交 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RTYB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6402.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0211.360 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1129b' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5686
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6088

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
嚆
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xaew · 許交 · 效開二平肴曉 · #693

PHONO-ML, source line 5626; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
292.506
kDaeJaweon
0434.280
kGSR
1129b'
kHanYu
10688.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
0434.280
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10688.100
kIRGKangXi
0211.360
kKangXi
0211.360
kMatthews
2082
kMorohashi
04458:E0102
kNelson
1003
kSMSZD2003Index
121.04
kCangjie
RTYB
kFourCornerCode
6402.7
kMojiJoho
MJ008720 MJ008720:E0101 MJ008721:E0102
kPhonetic
480
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6063
kIRG_HSource
HB2-ECC3
kIRG_JSource
J0-5365
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4D5
kIRG_KSource
K0-7C77
kIRG_TSource
T2-5C4F
kIRG_VSource
V2-8B2E
kRSUnicode
30.14
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
ECC3
kCCCII
217334
kCNS1986
2-5C4F
kCNS1992
2-5C4F
kEACC
217334
kGB0
6467
kGB1
6467
kJis0
5169
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8178
kTGH
2013:6088
kTaiwanTelegraph
8193
kXerox
274:250
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4440+30.3.13
kCantonese
hou1
kDefinition
give forth sound, make noise
kFanqie
許交
kHangul
효:0N
kHanyuPinyin
10688.100:hāo
kJapanese
コウ キョウ さけぶ
kJapaneseKun
SAKEBU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
HYO
kMandarin
hāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
hāo粵hou1
kTGHZ2013
132.040:hāo
kXHC1983
0443.070:hāo

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 嚆0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
口 beside 蒿 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰口蒿$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口蒿$(GHTJKPV)

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