硝
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Translingual
Han character
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硝 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口火月 (MRFB), four-corner 19627, composition ⿰石肖)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24201
- Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2433, character 4
- Unihan data for U+785D
Chinese
| trad. | 硝 | |
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| simp. # | 硝 | |
Glyph origin
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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 *sew): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews)
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)+
- 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)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: sjew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sew/
Definitions
硝
- (inorganic chemistry) saltpetre, niter
- to tan
Compounds
References
- “硝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 硝 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
硝󠄁 硝+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 硝󠄃 硝+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
硝
- saltpeter, niter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO3).
Readings
Compounds
- 硝子 (garasu), 硝子 (shōshi): glass
- 硝安 (shōan): ammonium nitrate
- 硝酸 (shōsan): nitric acid
- 硝石 (shōseki): saltpetre
References
- ^ “硝”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
Hanja
硝 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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Compounds
- 硝石 (tiêu thạch)