壕

壕 · háo

trench, ditch, channel, moat

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
háo
Cantonese
hou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

trench, ditch, channel, moat

Dictionary definitions & readings

壕 háo · moat; (military) trench

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10497.050:háo Source property ↗
XDHYPLCD · reading counts
háo(28) Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0444.010:háo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
132.110: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 ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
hào Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡刀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GYRO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4013.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0241.120 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
155.02 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1129y Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+58D5
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6201

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
壕
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 5706; 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
332.402
kCowles
1108
kDaeJaweon
0481.020
kFennIndex
150.08
kGSR
1129y
kHanYu
10497.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
0481.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10497.050
kIRGKangXi
0241.120
kKangXi
0241.120
kKarlgren
67
kLau
1196 1197
kMatthews
2068
kMeyerWempe
748a
kMorohashi
05559 05559:E0101
kNelson
1151
kSBGY
155.02
kSMSZD2003Index
141.17
kCangjie
GYRO
kFenn
285H
kFourCornerCode
4013.2
kHKGlyph
0811
kMojiJoho
MJ009355 MJ009355:E0101 MJ009356:E0102
kPhonetic
482*
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-3A3E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0A2
kIRG_JSource
J0-3968
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F3F6
kIRG_KSource
K0-7B3D
kIRG_TSource
T1-734B
kIRG_VSource
V1-5132
kRSUnicode
32.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0A2
kCCCII
213868
kCNS1986
1-734B
kCNS1992
1-734B
kEACC
213868
kGB0
2630
kGB1
2630
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
2572
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1091
kTGH
2013:6201
kTaiwanTelegraph
1091
kXerox
261:335
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2042+32.3.14
kCantonese
hou4
kDefinition
trench, ditch, channel, moat
kFanqie
胡刀
kHangul
호:0N
kHanyuPinlu
háo(28)
kHanyuPinyin
10497.050:háo
kJapanese
ゴウ コウ ほり
kJapaneseKun
HORI
kJapaneseOn
GOU
kKorean
HO
kMandarin
háo
kSMSZD2003Readings
háo粵hou4
kTGHZ2013
132.110:háo
kTang
hɑu
kVietnamese
hào
kXHC1983
0444.010:háo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 壕0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
土 beside 豪 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰土豪$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰土豪$(GHTJKPV)

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