瑣

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See also: 琐
瑣 U+7463, 瑣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7463
← 瑢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瑤 →

Translingual

Han character

瑣 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土火月金 (MGFBC), four-corner 19186, composition ⿰𤣩𧴪)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 738, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21147
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1130, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+7463

Chinese

trad. 瑣
simp. 琐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瑣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鎖 *soːlʔ
瑣 *soːlʔ
溑 *soːlʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瑣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇果切
Baxter swaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/suɑX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/suɑX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/suɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/swaX/
Li
Rong 		/suɑX/
Wang
Li 		/suɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/suɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		suǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		so2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 瑣 瑣
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		suǒ suǒ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ swaX › ‹ swaX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁojʔ/ /*ˁojʔ/
English chain small, fragment

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 瑣
Reading # 1/1
No. 12206
Phonetic
component 		瑣
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		鎖
Old
Chinese 		/*soːlʔ/
Notes 轉註加玉

Definitions

瑣

  1. petty; trivial; insignificant
  2. low; base
  3. † Original form of 鎖／锁 (suǒ, “chain; lock”).
  4. † chain-like pattern
  5. ‡ sound of jade; fragments of jade
  6. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

瑣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): さ (sa)
  • Kun: ちいさい (chīsai)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

瑣 • (swae) (hangeul 쇄, revised swae, McCune–Reischauer swae, Yale sway)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瑣: Hán Nôm readings: tỏa/toả

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