齁

齁 · hōu

snore loudly; very, extremely

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hōu
Cantonese
hau1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

snore loudly; very, extremely

Dictionary definitions & readings

齁 hōu · to snore; thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food; (dialect) very; extremely

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74780.150:hōu,kù Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0466.150:hōu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
138.160:hōu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hōu粵hau1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ク コ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呼侯 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HLPR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2722.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1530.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
214.15 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F41
Radical
鼻 · 209
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6400

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xuw · 呼侯 · 流開一平侯曉 · #1023

PHONO-ML, source line 8166; 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
1569.301
kDaeJaweon
2067.130
kFennIndex
157.04
kHanYu
74780.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
2067.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74780.150
kIRGKangXi
1530.200
kKangXi
1530.200
kKarlgren
484
kMatthews
2150
kMorohashi
48519
kSBGY
214.15
kSMSZD2003Index
830.08
kCangjie
HLPR
kFenn
225I
kFourCornerCode
2722.0
kMojiJoho
MJ030049
kPhonetic
673
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-7C7A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F3F8
kIRG_JSource
J14-7E68
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-91DB
kIRG_KSource
K2-7463
kIRG_TSource
T2-6865
kRSUnicode
209.5
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F3F8
kCCCII
235F69
kCNS1986
2-6865
kCNS1992
2-6865
kEACC
235F69
kGB3
9290
kJIS0213
2,94,72
kJis1
7731
kTGH
2013:6400
kTaiwanTelegraph
7868
kXerox
277:144
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15377+209.14.5
kCantonese
hau1
kDefinition
snore loudly; very, extremely
kFanqie
呼侯
kHanyuPinyin
74780.150:hōu,kù
kJapanese
コウ ク コ
kJapaneseKun
KAGIBANA
kJapaneseOn
KOU KU KO
kMandarin
hōu
kSMSZD2003Readings
hōu粵hau1
kTGHZ2013
138.160:hōu
kXHC1983
0466.150:hōu
kSemanticVariant
U+2A599<kFenn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 齁0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰鼻句$(GHTKP)

^⿰⿱自畀句$(J)

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