皋

皋 U+768B, 皋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-768B ← 皊 [U+768A] CJK Unified Ideographs 皌 → [U+768C]

皋 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹日大十 (HAKJ), four-corner 2640₃, composition ⿱白夲)

• 嗥, 𡟷, 㟸, 滜, 獆, 暤, 𦞵, 槔, 皞, 𥡅, 𥻷, 䜂, 䜰, 𨎀, 𤾲, 韟, 𫑯, 䣗, 翱, 䚌, 䫧, 鷎(𬸢), 㿁, 䔌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 787, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22714
• Dae Jaweon: page 1202, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2647, character 15
• Unihan data for U+768B

trad.		皋/皐/臯
simp.		皋
alternative forms		睪 睾

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 白 (“white, bright”) + 夲 (“to advance”), although the connection to the modern meaning is unclear.

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皋

1. (literary) shore; land by a body of water
2. (literary) highland
3. ^† marsh; pool

   • 鶴鳴于九皋，聲聞于野。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹤鸣于九皋，声闻于野。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hè míng yú jiǔ gāo, shēng wén yú yě. [Pinyin]

     The crane cries in the ninth marsh,
     And her voice is heard in the [distant] wilds.

4. ^† rice paddy
5. ^† (alt. form 高) tall; high
6. a surname

• “皋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: さわ (sawa, 皋)、さかい (sakai, 皋)、さつき (satsuki)

皋 (eumhun 언덕 고 (eondeok go))

1. Alternative form of 皐 (“hanja form^? of 고 (“highland”)”)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 3. [2]

皋: Hán Nôm readings: cao

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• Nôm: cao

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999