稍

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稍 U+7A0D, 稍
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Translingual

Han character

稍 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木火月 (HDFB), four-corner 29927, composition ⿰禾肖)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 854, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1279, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2606, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7A0D

Chinese

trad. 稍
simp. # 稍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 稍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梢 *sreːw
捎 *sreːw, *sew
筲 *sreːw
鞘 *sreːw, *slewɢs
艄 *sreːw
蛸 *sreːw, *sew
髾 *sreːw
輎 *sreːw
旓 *sreːw
弰 *sreːw
鮹 *sreːw, *sew
綃 *sreːw, *sew
颵 *sreːw
莦 *sreːw, *sew
娋 *sreːw, *sreːws
稍 *sreːws
哨 *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱 *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲 *sreːws
睄 *sreːws
悄 *sʰewʔ
俏 *sʰews
峭 *sʰews
陗 *sʰews
帩 *sʰews
誚 *zews
消 *sew
宵 *sew
霄 *sew
硝 *sew
銷 *sew
逍 *sew
魈 *sew
痟 *slew
焇 *sew
肖 *slew, *slews
韒 *slewɢs
趙 *l'ewʔ
箾 *seːw, *sleːw
踃 *seːw
削 *slewɢ
矟 *sreːwɢ

Pronunciation

Note: shào - only in 稍息 (shàoxī).
Note:
  • ciao2 - Shantou;
  • ciou2 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 稍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 所敎切
Baxter sraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂaɨwH/
Li
Rong 		/ʃauH/
Wang
Li 		/ʃauH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 稍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shào
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sræwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(ˁ)rew-s/
English rations

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 稍
Reading # 1/1
No. 13725
Phonetic
component 		肖
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		稍
Old
Chinese 		/*sreːws/

Definitions

稍

  1. a little; slightly; rather
    請稍等／请稍等  ―  qǐng shāoděng  ―  please wait a moment
  2. siyah (stiffened end of a composite bow)
    大稍弓  ―  dàshāogōng  ―  Ming dynasty Large-Ear bow
    小稍弓  ―  xiǎoshāogōng  ―  Ming dynasty Small-Ear bow
  3. a surname: Shao

Synonyms

  • (a little):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

稍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
稍
やや
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 稍 – see the following entry.
【やや】
slightly
Alternative spelling
漸
(This term, 稍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

稍 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

稍: Hán Nôm readings: sảo, rảo, xao

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