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Translingual
Han character
蕭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中難 (TLX), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹肅)
Derived characters
- 𡣾, 𢑁, 𢸳, 瀟, 𧅣, 櫹, 𤑳, 𦢩, 𬘎, 蠨, 𧹀, 𩙚, 𩧓
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32012
- Dae Jaweon: page 1522, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3308, character 12
- Unihan data for U+856D
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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Pronunciation
Note:
- sio - vernacular;
- siau - literary.
Note:
- siao1 - Shantou;
- siou1 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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蕭
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蕭
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiāo
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xiāo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sew ›
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‹ sew ›
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Old Chinese
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/*sˁiw/
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/*sˁiw/
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English
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Artemisia
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蕭蕭 neighing of horses
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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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蕭
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12114
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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
蕭
- (obsolete) Chinese mugwort (Artemisia argyi)
- stark; desolate; bleak
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 肅 / 肃 (“respectful”)
- (~國) (historical) Xiao (an ancient state during the Spring and Autumn period, located in modern-day Xiao County, Anhui)
- (~縣) Xiao County (a county of Anhui, China)
- a surname
- 蕭颯/萧飒 ― Xiāo Sà ― Hsiao Sa (Taiwanese author)
Usage notes
The character 肖 is more commonly used in the simplified script instead of 萧, when used as a surname or in transcriptions.
Descendants
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蕭
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䔥)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蕭 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蕭: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu
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