草稿

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Chinese

grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
 manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
trad. (草稿) 草 稿
simp. #(草稿) 草 稿

Pronunciation

Noun

草稿

  1. rough draft; sketch; outline (Classifier: 篇 m)
  2. (Puxian Min) grass stem

Synonyms

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References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “草稿”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 79.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草 稿
そう
Grade: 1 		こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

/saukau/ → /sɔːkɔː/ → /soːkoː/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 草稿 (MC tshawX). First attested in Japanese in 1116.

Pronunciation

Noun

草(そう)稿(こう) • (sōkō) ←さうかう (saukau)?

  1. notes, draft
    Synonyms: 下書き (shitagaki, “outline, sketch”), 原稿 (genkō, “first draft, original version”), 草案 (sōan, “draft, rough idea”)

References

  1. ^ “草稿”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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