皓 hào — what the character means in a Chinese name

What 皓 means in a Chinese namehào

594 real names in the 1.14M-name corpus♂ 531 · ♀ 6312 strokesdata & verification

tier B

白而发亮。

White, and bright with it.

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白得发亮 White that catches light

朱唇皓齿，嫭以姱只。

Red lips and white teeth — lovely, and finely made.

楚辞 · 大招 · our translation

The 皓 here is the whiteness of teeth: not pallor, but a clean white that gives back light. 「皓」在这里是牙齿的白——不是苍白，是干净到发光的那种白。

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In a name

A name takes 皓 for the shine, not for paleness.

名字取「皓」，取的是亮，不是白得没血色。

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