肖
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Translingual
Han character
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肖 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火月 (FB), four-corner 90227, composition ⿱⺌月(GHJ) or ⿱⺌⺼(T) or ⿱小月(K))
Derived characters
- 俏 哨 娋 峭 帩 弰 悄 捎 旓 梢 消 焇 琑 睄 矟 硝 稍 䇌 綃(绡) 䏴 艄 蛸 䘯 誚(诮) 踃 輎 銷(销) 陗 䨭 鞘 韒 鮹(𱇯) 䴛 趙(赵) 逍 颵 魈 削 㲖 痟 㲵 宵 筲 莦 霄 髾 屑 𡌔 𡯩 𢓮 𣆺 𤙜 𤞚 𤫾 𥙬 𥹶 𦓴 𧣪 𧳍 𧶈 𨡀 𩛱 𩡈 𩩓 𪌯 𪑊 𪘞 𣭱 𢼼 𤿨 𦐺 𨛍 𩠦 𪁎 𢈭 𦚍 𡜽 𬳘 𮆂 𮝥
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 973, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29263
- Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2045, character 6
- Unihan data for U+8096
Chinese
| trad. | 肖 | |
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| simp. # | 肖 | |
| alternative forms | 宵 “to resemble” | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 肖 | ||
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| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slew, *slews) : phonetic 小 (OC *smewʔ) + semantic 肉 (“meat”).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): sáiu / siéu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siào
- Wade–Giles: hsiao4
- Yale: syàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ciu3
- Yale: chiu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu3
- Guangdong Romanization: qiu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
- Hakka Romanization System: seu
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu4
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sáiu / siéu
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑu²¹³/, /siɛu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note: sáiu - zodiac animal.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- siao6 - Shantou;
- siou6 - Chaozhou.
- Middle Chinese: sjewH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ew-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*slews/
Definitions
肖
- to resemble
- 不肖 ― bùxiào ― unworthy (literally, “to not resemble (one's parents)”)
- to imitate
- 肖像 ― xiàoxiàng ― portrait
- (dialectal) to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
- (rare) a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 屬 (“to be born in the year of (one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs)”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 屬 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 屬 |
| Singapore | 屬 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屬 |
| Wanrong | 屬 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 屬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 屬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 屬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肖 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肖 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肖 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肖 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肖 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 肖 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 肖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 肖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 相 |
| Quanzhou | 相 | |
| Zhangzhou | 相 | |
| Tainan | 相 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 相 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 相 | |
| Jieyang | 相 | |
| Haikou | 席 | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肖 |
| Wenzhou | 肖 | |
| Jinhua | 肖, 屬 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 像 (“to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 似 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 像 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 像 |
| Malaysia | 像 | |
| Singapore | 像 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 像 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 像 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 像 |
| Wuhan | 像 | |
| Guilin | 像 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 似 |
| Hong Kong | 似 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 似 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 似 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 像 |
| Lichuan | 像 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 像 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 像 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 像 |
| Taipei | 像 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 像 | |
| Kaohsiung | 像 | |
| Yilan | 像 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 像 | |
| Taichung | 像 | |
| Tainan | 像 | |
| Hsinchu | 像 | |
| Kinmen | 像 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 像 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 𫝛, macam | |
| Chaozhou | 然 | |
| Shantou | 然 | |
| Jieyang | 然 | |
| Puning | 肖 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 然, macam | |
| Batam (Teochew) | 然, macam | |
| Haikou | 像 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 像 |
| Wu | Danyang | 像 |
| Ningbo | 像, 像人家, 像家 | |
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1
- Yale: syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ew/
- (Zhengzhang): /*slew/
Definitions
肖
Etymology 3
Second round simplified form of 蕭／萧 (xiāo).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau1
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1
- Yale: syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu1
- Yale: sīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu1
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- siao1 - Shantou;
- siou1 - Chaozhou.
Definitions
肖
Usage notes
The surnames 肖 and 蕭／萧 (xiāo) were originally distinct, and 肖 was a rare surname. In Mainland China, 蕭／萧 was simplified to 肖 in the second round of Chinese character simplification promulgated in 1977. Though the second round of simplification was officially rescinded in 1986, many individuals in Mainland China originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo) but had their surname simplified to 肖 did not change their surname back to 蕭／萧 (Xiāo). Most individuals who bear the surname 肖 (Xiāo) now were in fact originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo) or descended from individuals originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).
Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 肖 – see 蕭. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蕭). |
Notes:
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Japanese
| Shinjitai | 肖 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
肖󠄁 肖+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 肖󠄃 肖+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
肖
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kun: にる (niru, 肖る)、かたどる (katadoru, 肖る)、あやかる (ayakaru, 肖る)
- Nanori: あえ (ae)、あゆ (ayu)、あれ (are)、すえ (sue)、たか (taka)、のり (nori)、ゆき (yuki)
Affix
| Kanji in this term |
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| 肖 |
| しょう Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
References
- ^ “肖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
Korean
Hanja
肖 • (cho, so) (hangeul 초, 소, revised cho, so, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, so, Yale cho, so)
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Vietnamese
Han character
肖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu, tiếu
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