hào
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 white and shining; bright
  2. 2 vast; grand

Examples

Qiū kōng hào qì mímàn, míngjìng liáokuò.
The autumn sky was vast, bright, and luminous.
Bùshǎo rén qǔmíng yòng hào zì, qǔ qí guāngmíng kāikuò zhī yì.
Many people use this character in given names for its bright, expansive feel.

Tips

history
Built from (sunlight, brightness) over (a head), it originally pictured a white-haired head, then generalized to 'white, bright, vast'. Mostly literary now, and a popular bright-meaning name character.

Components

radical
head; page
The radical originally pictured a head. Combined with the sunlight element it gave the early image of a white-haired head, the root of the 'white and bright' meaning; it is also the indexing radical.
semantic
jǐng
sunlight; scenery
Standalone is daylight and scenery. On the left it supplies the 'bright white light' idea — the brilliance that makes something shine white.

Stroke Order

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