háo

brave

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
豕 meaning component

  Meaning component

shǐ

  

pig

高 sound component

  Sound component

gāo

  

high

Evolution

豪 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
豪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豪 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
豪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

háo

brave, heroic, chivalrous; grand; heroic

Most common words with 豪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

自豪

proud (of one's achievements etc)

豪华

luxurious

grand

富豪

rich and powerful person

豪门

aristocratic

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ˤaw

haw

háo

procupine; shaggy animal


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 24.1711% of movies

1365th most common character in movies

1513th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+8C6A

Shuowen

“,豕,鬣如筆管者,出南郡。从,高聲。,籀文从豕。”


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