巢

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See also: 巣
巢 U+5DE2, 巢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE2
← 巡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巣 →

巢 U+2F882, 巢
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F882
← 巡
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㠯 →

Translingual

Han character

巢 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女女田木 (VVWD), four-corner 22904, composition ⿱巛果)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 324, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
  • Dae Jaweon: page 625, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1098, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5DE2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (巢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
璅 *ʔslaːwʔ
繅 *ʔslaːwʔ, *slaːw
薻 *ʔslaːwʔ
罺 *ʔsraːw, *sʰraːws
摷 *ʔsraːw, *raːw
勦 *sʰraːw, *zraːw, *ʔslawʔ
巢 *zraːw, *zraːws
轈 *zraːw
樔 *zraːw
鄛 *zraːw
剿 *ʔslawʔ
漅 *ʔslawʔ

Pictogram (象形): a baby bird (巛) in a nest (田), which is on top of a tree (木).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 巢
alternative forms 巣
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 巢 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • Nest (English)
Wikipedia has an article on:

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 巢 巢
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 崇 (20) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 鉏交切 士稍切
Baxter dzraew dzraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠau/ /d͡ʒˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐᵚau/ /ɖ͡ʐᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒau/ /d͡ʒauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐaɨw/ /ɖ͡ʐaɨwH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒau/ /d͡ʒauH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒau/ /d͡ʒauH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱau/ /ɖ͡ʐʱauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cháo zhào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		caau4 zaau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 巢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cháo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzræw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁraw/
English nest

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 巢 巢
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1295 1300
Phonetic
component 		巢 巢
Rime
group 		宵 宵
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		巢 巢
Old
Chinese 		/*zraːw/ /*zraːws/
Notes 士原誤爲七依校本

Definitions

巢

  1. nest (for bird, ants, bees, etc.)
    Synonym: 窩 / 窝 (wō)
  2. lair; den
  3. (historical) name of an ancient musical instrument
  4. (historical) name of an ancient feudal state
  5. a surname
Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 巢
alternative forms 𥊌
巣
皺／皱
鈔／钞
䩌
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps related to 皺 / 皱 (zhòu).”

Pronunciation

Definitions

巢 (Cantonese)

  1. wrinkled; wrinkly
    巢皮   ―  caau4 pei4   ―  wrinkly skin
    張紙好巢／张纸好巢   ―  zoeng1 zi2 hou2 caau4   ―  The paper is very crumpled.
    張銀紙巢晒／张银纸巢晒   ―  zoeng1 ngan4 zi2 caau4 saai3   ―  The banknote is completely crumpled.

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 巢

Pronunciation

Definitions

巢

  1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 岫 (siū, “nest, den or lair of animals”)

References

  1. ^ Chinese-Japanese character dictionary: OK辞典

Japanese

Shinjitai

巣

Kyūjitai

巢

Kanji

巢

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巣)

  1. nest
  2. living quarter in tree

Readings

  • Go-on: じょう (jō)←ぜう (zeu, historical)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)←さう (sau, historical)
  • Kun: す (su, 巢)、すくう (sukuu, 巢くう)

Korean

Hanja

巢 • (so) (hangeul 소, McCune–Reischauer so)

  1. nest
  2. living quarter in tree

Vietnamese

Han character

巢: Hán Nôm readings: sào

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