樵
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Translingual
Han character
樵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木人土火 (DOGF), four-corner 40931, composition ⿰木焦)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15489
- Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1293, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6A35
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
樵 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 柴 Hakka and Min | |
Glyph origin
Etymology
Likely related to 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
- Wade–Giles: chʻiao2
- Yale: chyáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
- Palladius: цяо (cjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ciu4
- Yale: chìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu4
- Guangdong Romanization: qiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèu
- Hakka Romanization System: ceuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ceu2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ciau
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiau⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Middle Chinese: dzjew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*zew/
Definitions
樵
- (literary or Hakka, Min) firewood
- to chop firewood; to gather firewood
- 樵彼桑薪，卬烘于煁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qiáo bǐ sāng xīn, áng hōng yú chén.
- They gather firewood of branches of the mulberry trees,
And I burn them in a furnace.
- woodcutter
Compounds
References
- “樵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
樵
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Readings
Etymology
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| 樵 |
| きこり Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
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| (This term, 樵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
樵 (eum 초 (cho))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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