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Translingual
Han character
簫 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹中難 (HLX), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗肅)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 900, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26560
- Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3023, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7C2B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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簫
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*sɯːw
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蕭
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*sɯːw
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瀟
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*sɯːw
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潚
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*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
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彇
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*sɯːw
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蟰
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*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
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橚
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*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
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嘯
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*sɯːwɢs
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歗
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*sɯːwɢs
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熽
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*sɯːwɢs
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繡
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*sɯwɢs
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鏽
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*sɯwɢs
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肅
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*sɯwɢ
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鷫
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*sɯwɢ
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驌
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*sɯwɢ
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鱐
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*sɯwɢ
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璛
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*sɯwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɯːw): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- siao1 - Shantou;
- siou1 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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簫
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiāo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sew ›
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Old Chinese
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/*sˁiw/
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English
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pan-pipe
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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簫
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12113
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Phonetic component
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肅
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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蕭
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Old Chinese
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/*sɯːw/
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Definitions
簫
- (music) xiao, a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in Chinese traditional and classical music
- (music, historical) paixiao; panpipes
- (Cantonese, Northern Min, Eastern Min) transverse flute
- a surname: Xiao
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
簫 (“vertical flute”)
Dialectal synonyms of
笛子 (“(Chinese) transverse flute”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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笛子, 橫笛
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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笛子, 笛兒, 橫笛兒
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Taiwan
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笛子
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Singapore
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笛子
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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笛兒, 笛, 笛子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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笛子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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笛子
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Wanrong
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笛
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Xi'an
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笛
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Xining
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笛竿兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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笛子
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Wuhan
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笛子
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Guiyang
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笛子
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Guilin
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笛子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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笛子
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Hefei
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笛子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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笛, 簫
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Hong Kong
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笛, 笛子 Chinese
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Yangjiang
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笛
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Gan
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Nanchang
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笛子
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Lichuan
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笛仔
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Pingxiang
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笛子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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笛仔, 笛
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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橫簫
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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嗶嗶仔
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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橫簫
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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簫仔
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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笛子, 笛, 梅
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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簫, 橫簫
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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簫
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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笛仔, 𥰔仔
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Quanzhou
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笛仔, 𥰔仔
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Jinjiang
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𥰔仔
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Zhangzhou
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𥰔仔
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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𥰔仔
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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𥰔仔
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Kaohsiung
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𥰔仔
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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𥰔仔
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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𥰔仔
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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𥰔仔
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Tainan
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𥰔仔
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Tainan (Anping)
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𥰔仔
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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𥰔仔
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Chaozhou
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笛
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Shantou
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笛
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Jieyang
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笛
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Wu
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Suzhou
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笛
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Wenzhou
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笛
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Xiang
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Changsha
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笛子
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Shuangfeng
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曲子
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
簫
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 簘)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 簫 / 箫 (sew, “xiao (Chinese flute)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
簫 • (shō) ←せう (seu)?
- xiao, a vertically blown Chinese flute
Usage notes
Synonymous with the longer phrase 簫の笛 (shō no fue, literally “shō flute”).[1] However, given the rarity of this kanji in writing, and the large number of possible single-kanji terms pronounced as shō in Japanese, this longer term that specifies 笛 (“flute”) is used to clarify and disambiguate.
References
Korean
Hanja
簫 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
簫: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu, tiu
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