皓
(bound form) bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,197 U+7693
How 皓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
白 (semantic, “white”) + 告 (phonetic, gào)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 告
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 告 (gào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 告 sound component | gào | to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse |
| 造 | zào | to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture |
| 靠 | kào | nearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust |
| 浩 | hào | great, grand, vast |
| 酷 | kù | strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense |
| 鹄 | hú | swan |
| 窖 | jiào | cellar, storeroom |
| 锆 | gào | zirconium |
| 梏 | gù | handcuffs, manacles; fetters |
| 牿 | gù | cattle shed |
| 郜 | gào | a feudal state in Shantong; surname |
Words containing 皓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皓首苍颜 | hào shǒu cāng yán | white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age |
| 皓白 | hào bái | snow-white; spotless |
| 皓齿朱唇 | hào chǐ zhū chún | white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman |
| 皓首 | hào shǒu | white head of hair; fig. old person |
| 蛾眉皓齿 | é méi hào chǐ | beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman |
| 明眸皓齿 | míng móu hào chǐ | to have bright eyes and white teeth |
| 皓齿明眸 | hào chǐ míng móu | white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman |
| 皓齿 | hào chǐ | white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) |