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繰
繰
See also: 缲
Translingual
Han character
繰 (radical 120 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火口口木 (VFRRD), four-corner 26994, composition ⿰糹喿)
References
- KangXi: page 940, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27953
- Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3459, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7E70
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 繰
| |
|---|---|
| Bamboo and silk script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (喿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 藻 | *ʔsaːwʔ |
| 澡 | *ʔslaːwʔ |
| 璪 | *ʔsaːwʔ |
| 繰 | *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw |
| 躁 | *ʔsaːws |
| 趮 | *ʔsaːws |
| 操 | *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws |
| 幧 | *sʰaːw, *sʰaw |
| 懆 | *sʰaːwʔ |
| 鄵 | *sʰaːws |
| 鐰 | *zaːw, *sʰaw |
| 臊 | *saːw, *saːws |
| 鱢 | *saːw |
| 燥 | *saːwʔ, *saːws |
| 噪 | *saːws |
| 髞 | *saːws |
| 喿 | *saːws |
| 譟 | *saːws |
| 劋 | *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ |
| 橾 | *soːwʔ, *srow |
Etymology 1
| trad. | 繰 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 缲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: ch'iao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ciu1
- Yale: chīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 繰 | 繰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇遭切 | 子晧切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sɑu/ | /t͡sɑuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sɑu/ | /t͡sɑuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sɑu/ | /t͡sɑuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/saw/ | /t͡sawX/ |
| Li Rong |
/sɑu/ | /t͡sɑuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/sɑu/ | /t͡sɑuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/sɑu/ | /t͡sɑuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sāo | zǎo |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 繰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zǎo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsawX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mə-tsˤawʔ/ |
| English | bleach; wash |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 繰 | 繰 | 繰 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 16568 | 16578 | 16587 |
| Phonetic component |
喿 | 喿 | 喿 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
早 | 騷 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsaːwʔ/ | /*saːw/ | /*sʰaw/ |
| Notes | 俗同繅見國語 | 縿字注通作繰 | |
Definitions
繰
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Etymology 2
| trad. | 繰 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 缲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: tsao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
- IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zou2
- Yale: jóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2
- IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
繰
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 繰 – see 繅. (This character, 繰, is a variant form of 繅.) |
References
Japanese
Kanji
繰
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
繰 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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