秏

See also: 耗

秏 U+79CF, 秏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79CF ← 秎 [U+79CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 秐 → [U+79D0]

Translingual

Han character

秏 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+4, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 竹木竹手山 (HDHQU), four-corner 2291₄, composition ⿰禾毛)

1. to waste, destroy, diminish
2. rat

Derived characters

• 𦳁, 𩮄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 850, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24946
• Dae Jaweon: page 1274, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2594, character 5
• Unihan data for U+79CF

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毛	*maːw, *maːws
髦	*maːw
旄	*maːw, *maːws
芼	*maːw, *maːws
氂	*rɯ, *maːw
枆	*maːw
酕	*maːw
牦	*maːw
耄	*maːws
覒	*maːws
眊	*maːws, *mraːwɢ
耗	*hmaːws
秏	*hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
毣	*mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 秏 – see 耗 (“to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise; to weaken; to cripple; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 耗).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		秏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: xwojH, xawH

Rime
Character	秏	秏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	荒内切	呼到切
Baxter	xwojH	xawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌiH/	/hɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/huoiH/	/hɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒiH/	/xɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəjH/	/hawH/
Li Rong	/xuᴀiH/	/xɑuH/
Wang Li	/xuɒiH/	/xɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆iH/	/xɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui3	hou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːws/, /*hmɯːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秏	秏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8795	8796
Phonetic component	毛	毛
Rime group	宵	內
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	秏
Old Chinese	/*hmaːws/	/*hmɯːbs/

Definitions

秏

1. (obsolete) a type of rice plant

   • 秏，稻屬。伊尹曰：「飯之美者，玄山之禾，南海之秏。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秏，稻属。伊尹曰：「饭之美者，玄山之禾，南海之秏。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Hào, dào shǔ. Yī Yǐn yuē: “Fàn zhī měi zhě, Xuánshān zhī hé, Nánhǎi zhī hào.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03090

Japanese

Kanji

秏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、かい (kai)、ぼう (bō)、もう (mō)