hàogǎo

stove

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

高 sound component

  Sound component

gāo

  

high

Evolution

镐 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
镐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
镐 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
镐 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
镐 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

hào

stove; bright; place name

() 

gǎo

a pick

Most common words with 镐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bright

李昌镐

Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player

镐头

pickaxe

洋镐

pickaxe

镐京

Haojing (in modern Shaanxi, northwest of Chang'an county), capital of Western Zhou from c. 1050 BC