濠

濠 · háo

moat, trench, ditch

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
háo
Cantonese
hou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

moat, trench, ditch

Dictionary definitions & readings

濠 háo · trench

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31771.090:háo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0444.011:háo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
132.130:háo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
háo粵hou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゴウ コウ ほり Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
호:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡刀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
EYRO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3013.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0656.060 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
155.01 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6FE0
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6296

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
濠
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
haw · 胡刀 · 效開一平豪匣 · #706

PHONO-ML, source line 5705; 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
836.401
kCowles
1106
kDaeJaweon
1066.110
kFennIndex
150.09
kHanYu
31771.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1066.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31771.090
kIRGKangXi
0656.060
kKangXi
0656.060
kKarlgren
67
kLau
1196
kMatthews
2070
kMeyerWempe
746
kMorohashi
18502 18502:E0101
kNelson
2720
kSBGY
155.01
kSMSZD2003Index
388.16
kCangjie
EYRO
kFenn
285I
kFourCornerCode
3013.2
kHKGlyph
2337
kMojiJoho
MJ016075 MJ016075:E0101 MJ016076:E0102
kPhonetic
482
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6529
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0DA
kIRG_JSource
J0-396A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4A7
kIRG_KSource
K0-7B4C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7425
kRSUnicode
85.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0DA
kCCCII
214929
kCNS1986
1-7425
kCNS1992
1-7425
kEACC
214929
kGB0
6909
kGB1
6909
kJis0
2574
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3445
kTGH
2013:6296
kTaiwanTelegraph
3445
kXerox
266:144
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2044+85.3.14
kCantonese
hou4
kDefinition
moat, trench, ditch
kFanqie
胡刀
kHangul
호:0N
kHanyuPinyin
31771.090:háo
kJapanese
ゴウ コウ ほり
kJapaneseKun
HORI
kJapaneseOn
GOU
kKorean
HO
kMandarin
háo
kSMSZD2003Readings
háo粵hou4
kTGHZ2013
132.130:háo
kTang
hɑu
kXHC1983
0444.011:háo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 濠0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
氵 beside 豪 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰氵豪$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵豪$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.