濠 (háo): a moat; a city trench filled wi…

Meanings

1 a moat; a city trench filled with water
2 name of a river in Anhui

Characters

濠

háo

water-filled moat; Hao River

Examples

古城墙外有一道深濠。

Gǔ chéngqiáng wài yǒu yì dào shēn háo.

There was a deep moat outside the old city wall.

庄子和惠子游于濠梁之上。

Zhuāngzǐ hé Huìzǐ yóu yú háo liáng zhī shàng.

Zhuangzi and Huizi strolled on the bridge over the Hao River.

Tips

culture

濠 is a water-filled moat (the dry-trench word is 壕). It is also the river in the famous 庄子 passage where, on the bridge over the Hao, he debates with Huizi whether fish are happy, 濠梁 ('Hao bridge') has since meant carefree philosophical leisure.