篙

篙 · gāo

pole used to punt a boat

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gāo
Cantonese
gou1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

pole used to punt a boat

Dictionary definitions & readings

篙 gāo · pole for punting boats

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53004.020:gāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0367.010:gāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
109.010:gāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gāo粵gou1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ さお Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
고:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
gàu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古勞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HYRB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8822.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0893.440 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
155.20 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7BD9
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6128

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
篙
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
kaw · 古勞 · 效開一平豪見 · #707

PHONO-ML, source line 5729; 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
1020.202
kCowles
1717
kDaeJaweon
1321.040
kFennIndex
244.02
kHanYu
53004.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1321.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53004.020
kIRGKangXi
0893.440
kKangXi
0893.440
kKarlgren
308
kMatthews
3294
kMeyerWempe
1200
kMorohashi
26313
kSBGY
155.20
kSMSZD2003Index
505.01
kCangjie
HYRB
kFenn
582F
kFourCornerCode
8822.7
kHKGlyph
3004
kMojiJoho
MJ019605
kPhonetic
480 637
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-385D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF74
kIRG_JSource
J13-7966
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-64AD
kIRG_KSource
K1-5879
kIRG_TSource
T1-715E
kIRG_VSource
V1-6229
kRSUnicode
118.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF74
kCCCII
215037
kCNS1986
1-715E
kCNS1992
1-715E
kEACC
215037
kGB0
2461
kGB1
2461
kJIS0213
1,89,70
kJis1
5047
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4643
kTGH
2013:6128
kTaiwanTelegraph
4643
kXerox
263:123
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14948+118.6.10 C+14948+189.10.6
kCantonese
gou1
kDefinition
pole used to punt a boat
kFanqie
古勞
kHangul
고:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53004.020:gāo
kJapanese
コウ さお
kJapaneseKun
SAO
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
KO
kMandarin
gāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
gāo粵gou1
kTGHZ2013
109.010:gāo
kVietnamese
gàu
kXHC1983
0367.010:gāo

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 篙0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗高$(GHTJKPV)

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