犒
kào

entertain victorious soldiers

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.

Components

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow
高
高 Sound component
gāo high

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhawH[kʰ]ˤaw-sremunerate (soldiers) with food
Zhengzhangkʰaːws
Unicodekɑ̀u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang