醐

醐 · hú

purest cream

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hú
Cantonese
wu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

purest cream

Dictionary definitions & readings

醐 hú · used in 醍醐 tí hú

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63589.040:hú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0474.010:hú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
141.090:hú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hú粵hu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゴ コ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
호:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
戶吳 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWJRB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1762.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1285.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
081.17 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9190
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6069

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
醐
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
hu · 戸吳 · 遇開一平模匣 · #280

PHONO-ML, source line 2524; 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
1354.405
kDaeJaweon
1785.160
kHanYu
63589.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1785.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63589.040
kIRGKangXi
1285.150
kKangXi
1285.150
kMatthews
2176
kMorohashi
39930
kNelson
4794
kSBGY
081.17
kSMSZD2003Index
712.07
kCangjie
MWJRB
kFourCornerCode
1762.0
kMojiJoho
MJ026512
kPhonetic
1460
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-752D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EBD9
kIRG_JSource
J0-386F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7F46
kIRG_KSource
K1-737C
kIRG_TSource
T2-5B27
kRSUnicode
164.9
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EBD9
kCCCII
23407D
kCNS1986
2-5B27
kCNS1992
2-5B27
kEACC
23407D
kGB0
8513
kGB1
8513
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
2479
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6820
kTGH
2013:6069
kTaiwanTelegraph
6820
kXerox
275:262
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1955+164.7.9
kCantonese
wu4
kDefinition
purest cream
kFanqie
戶吳
kHangul
호:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63589.040:hú
kJapanese
ゴ コ
kJapaneseOn
KO GO
kKorean
HO
kMandarin
hú
kSMSZD2003Readings
hú粵hu4
kTGHZ2013
141.090:hú
kXHC1983
0474.010:hú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉胡$(GHTJKP)

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