昦

昦	U+6626, 昦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6626

← 春
[U+6625]

CJK Unified Ideographs

昧 →
[U+6627]

Translingual

Han character

昦 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日大中中 (AKLL), four-corner 6022₃, composition ⿱日夰)

(same as 昊) summertime
sky
heaven

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 493, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13845
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1499, character 5
Unihan data for U+6626

Chinese

simp. and trad.		昦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
夰	kuːʔ, ɡuːʔ
昦	*ɡuːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡuːʔ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 夰 (OC *kuːʔ, *ɡuːʔ, “release”). Same as 昊 (OC *ɡuːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hào
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hào
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴
  - Yale: hàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
  - Palladius: хао (xao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hou⁶
  - Yale: houh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/

Middle Chinese: hawX

Rime
Character	昦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡老切
Baxter	hawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw^X/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu^X/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昦
Reading #	1/1
No.	3796
Phonetic component	夰
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晧
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːʔ/
Notes	經典作昊

Definitions

昦

alternative form of 昊 (hào)

Japanese

Kanji

昦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: そら (sora)