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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)
- woodcutter
- firewood
- gather wood
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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癄
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*ʔsrews
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焦
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*ʔsew
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蕉
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*ʔsew
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鷦
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*ʔsew
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僬
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*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
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噍
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*ʔsew, *zews
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膲
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*ʔsew
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鐎
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*ʔsew, *zew
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蟭
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*ʔsew
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燋
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*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
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醮
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*ʔsews
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潐
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*ʔsews
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趭
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*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
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樵
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*zew
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譙
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*zew
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憔
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*zew
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劁
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*zew, *zews
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顦
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*zew
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嶕
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*zew
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撨
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*zew, *seːw
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穛
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*ʔsreːwɢ
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Etymology
Likely related to 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Note:
- ziou1 - Chaozhou;
- ziao1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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樵
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6354
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Phonetic component
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焦
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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樵
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Old Chinese
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/*zew/
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Definitions
樵
- (literary or Hakka, Min) firewood
- to chop firewood; to gather firewood
樵彼桑薪,卬烘于煁。 - 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–
- (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
- 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “樵”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.
Japanese
Kanji
樵
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 樵 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 樵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
樵 (eum 초 (cho))
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Vietnamese
Han character
樵: Hán Nôm readings: tiều
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