梢

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梢 U+68A2, 梢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A2
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 梣 →

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

梢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木火月 (DFB), four-corner 49927, composition ⿰木肖)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 530, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14866
  • Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+68A2

Chinese

trad. 梢
simp. # 梢
alternative forms 萷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梢
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreːw) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • sau - literary;
  • siau - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 梢
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 生 (21)
    Final (韻) 肴 (90)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 所交切
    Baxter sraew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʃˠau/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʃᵚau/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʃau/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʂaɨw/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʃau/
    Wang
    Li         		/ʃau/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ʂau/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		shāo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		saau1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 梢
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13710
    Phonetic
    component         		肖
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		梢
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sreːw/

    Definitions

    梢

    1. pointed tip of something long like a branch
    2. rudder

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai 梢
    Kyūjitai
    [1]
    梢󠄁
    梢+󠄁?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    梢󠄃
    梢+󠄃?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji

    梢

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. treetop

    Readings

    Compounds

    Compounds

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    梢
    こずえ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    杪

    Originally a compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, combining form) +‎ 末 (sue, “tip, end”).

    The sue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    梢(こずえ) • (kozue) ←こずゑ (kozwe)?

    1. a treetop
      Synonym: 木末 (konure)
    Derived terms
    Derived terms
    Proverbs

    Proper noun

    梢(こずえ) • (Kozue) ←こずゑ (Kozwe)?

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    梢
    しょう
    Jinmeiyō
    goon

    /seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/

    From Middle Chinese 梢 (MC sraew).

    Proper noun

    梢(しょう) • (Shō) ←せう (Seu)?

    1. a female given name

    References

    1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1136 (paper), page 619 (digital)
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    梢 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    梢: Hán Nôm readings: sao

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