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肇

Translingual

Han character

肇 (radical 129 聿+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中手 (HKLQ) or 戈大中手 (IKLQ), four-corner 3850₇)

References

KangXi: page 972, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29228

Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3168, character 5

Unihan data for U+8087

Chinese

simp. and trad.		肇
alt. forms		肈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肁) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
肁	*dawʔ
肇	*dawʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tiǎu / tiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
  - Wade-Giles: chao⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu⁶
  - Yale: siuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
  - Tâi-lô: tiǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diau
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ²²/

Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiᴇu^X/▼

Rime
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	治小切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiaw^X/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛu^X/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*dawʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16898
Phonetic component	肁
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	肇
Old Chinese	/*dawʔ/

Definitions

肇

^† to commence; to start; to begin
^† to found
^† to originate

Compounds

僧肇
肇事 (zhàoshì)
肇事者
肇因

肇基 (zhàojī)
肇始
肇禍／肇祸
肇禍者／肇祸者

肇端
肇論／肇论
肇造

Japanese

Kanji

肇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

On: ちょう (chō)

Kun: はじめる (hajimeru), はじめ (hajime)

Proper noun

肇 ‎(hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)

A male given name

Korean

Hanja

肇 • ‎(jo) (hangeul 조, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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