hào

great

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

告 sound component

  Sound component

gào

  

tell

Evolution

浩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
浩 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
浩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hào

great, numerous, vast, abundant; grand; vast (water)

Most common words with 浩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

grand

浩劫

calamity

浩瀚

boundless

呼和浩特

Hohhot prefecture-level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nèi​měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​qū]

浩浩荡荡

grandiose