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皓

hào

Character

What 皓 means

1. bound formbright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)

Other readings

皓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hàovariant of {皓|hào}
• hàovariant of {皓|hào}; spotlessly white

Words starting with 皓

• 皓白hào báisnow-white; spotless
• 皓首hào shǒuwhite head of hair; fig. old person
• 皓齿hào chǐwhite teeth (symbol of youth and beauty)
• 皓首苍颜hào shǒu cāng yánwhite hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
• 皓齿明眸hào chǐ míng móuwhite teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman
• 皓齿朱唇hào chǐ zhū chúnwhite teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman

Words containing 皓

• 明眸皓齿míng móu hào chǐto have bright eyes and white teeth
• 蛾眉皓齿é méi hào chǐbeautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman

Characters built on 告

These share the phonetic component 告 (gào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
• 浩hàogrand; vast (water)
• 锆gàozirconium (chemistry)
• 诰gàoto enjoin; to grant (a title)
• 郜Gàosurname Gao; name of a feudal state

Characters that look like 皓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 培péito bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 链liànchain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 晤wùto meet (socially)
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read hào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 号(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 耗to waste; to spend; to consume
• 浩grand; vast (water)
• 灏vast (of water)
• 好to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
• 昊vast and limitless; the vast sky
• 镐bright; place name; stove
• 颢(literary) white and shining
• 恏to desire
• 澔grand; vast (of water)
• 皞bright; brilliant
• 淏(literary) (of water) limpid