瑚

瑚 U+745A, 瑚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-745A ← 瑙 [U+7459] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑛あきら → [U+745B]

Translingual

Han character

瑚 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉たま+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一いち土ど十じゅう口くち月がつ (MGJRB), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿰𤣩胡えびす)

1. coral
2. person of virtue

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 738, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21126
• Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1125, character 9
• Unihan data for U+745A

Chinese

trad.		瑚
simp. #		瑚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古ふる) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個こ	*kaːls
居きょ	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑しゅうと	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古ふる	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故こ	*kaːs
固かた	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼しこり	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦く	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫にんにく	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖みずうみ	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊のり	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡えびす	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据すえ	*ka
裾すそ	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸のこ	*kas
倨	*kas
踞うずくま	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu⁴
    • Yale: wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hu

Rime
Character	瑚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	匣くしげ (33)
Final (韻いん)	模も (23)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	I
Fanqie	戸と吳ご切きり
Baxter	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑚
Reading #	1/1
No.	4246
Phonetic component	古ふる
Rime group	魚さかな
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胡えびす
Old Chinese	/*ɡaː/

Definitions

瑚

1. Used in 珊瑚さんご (shānhú)

Compounds

• 桃葉ももは珊瑚さんご／桃もも叶かのう珊瑚さんご
• 珊瑚さんご (shānhú)
• 珊瑚さんご在ざい網もう／珊瑚さんご在ざい网
• 珊瑚さんご婚こん
• 珊瑚さんご島とう／珊瑚さんご岛 (shānhúdǎo)
• 珊瑚樹さんごじゅ／珊瑚さんご树
• 珊瑚礁さんごしょう (shānhújiāo)
• 珊瑚さんご菜さい
• 珊瑚さんご蟲ちゅう／珊瑚さんご虫ちゅう (shānhúchóng)
• 瑚璉／瑚琏 (húliǎn)
• 瑚璉之の器うつわ／瑚琏之の器うつわ
• 瑚璉器き／瑚琏器き
• 綠みどり珊瑚さんご／绿珊瑚さんご
• 蜈蚣むかで珊瑚さんご
• 鐵てつ網もう珊瑚さんご／铁网珊瑚さんご

 

Japanese

Kanji

瑚

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)

Compounds

• 瑚(こ)璉(れん) (koren)
• 珊(さん)瑚(ご) (sango)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 瑚 (MC hu).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [호]

Hanja

Wikisource

瑚 (eumhun 산호 호 (sanho ho))

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Compounds

• 호련 (瑚璉, horyeon)
• 산호 (珊瑚さんご, sanho)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさ溪けい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅう慶けい北きた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子でんし字典じてん. [1]
• Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字かんじ辭典じてん) (2002-2005). [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

瑚: Hán Nôm readings: hô, hồ

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