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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Haw

  • 浩vast (of water); grand; abundant
  • 豪extremely talented person; bold; heroic
  • 好good
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters浩豪好
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Haw in their name

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Haw is a Hokkien Chinese name syllable; its character may be 浩 (vast, grand), 豪 (heroic) or 好 (good), depending on the family's choice.

Possible characters for Haw

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 浩

    vast (of water); grand; abundant

    Hokkien hō / Mandarin hào

    attested

  • 豪

    extremely talented person; bold; heroic

    Hokkien hô / Mandarin háo

  • 好

    good

    Hokkien hó / Mandarin hǎo

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Haw

Haw is a syllable in Chinese names, an older Hokkien spelling of the reading ho. The character 浩 (Hokkien hō), meaning vast or grand, is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. Other fitting characters are 豪 (hô), heroic or talented, and 好 (hó), good. The meaning depends on the character the family chose. The syllable is usually paired with another syllable in a full name.

RomanizationHokkien

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Haw

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 浩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 豪 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 好 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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