háo
brave
Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 豪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
proud (of one's achievements etc) | ||
luxurious | ||
grand | ||
rich and powerful person | ||
aristocratic |
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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