巢

See also: 巣

Translingual

Han character

巢 (radical 47 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女女田木 (VVWD), four-corner 3290₄, composition ⿱巛果)

References

• KangXi: page 324, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
• Dae Jaweon: page 625, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1098, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5DE2

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		巢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháo (chao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhâu
• Min Nan (POJ): châu
• Wu (WT Romanisation): zau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau⁴
    • Yale: chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡sʰa̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châu
    • Tâi-lô: tsâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʊ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: zau (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ɔ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (巢, reconstructed)
Character (巢), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 崇 (20) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 鉏交切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʒɣau/	/ɖ͡ʐʱau/	/d͡ʒau/	/ɖ͡ʐɯau/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨw/	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒau/
Character (巢), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 崇 (20) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 士稍切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʒɣauH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱauH/	/d͡ʒauH/	/ɖ͡ʐɯauH/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨwH/	/d͡ʒauH/	/d͡ʒauH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (巢, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
巢								cháo								‹ dzræw ›								/*[dz]ˤraw/								nest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
巢					1295					巢					宵					1					巢					/*zraːw/
巢					1300					巢					宵					1					巢					/*zraːws/					士原誤爲七依校本

Definitions

巢

1. nest
2. A surname​.

Compounds

• 雀巢

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

巢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巣)

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Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: す (su), すくう (sukuu)

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Korean

Hanja

巢 (so) (hangeul 소, McCune-Reischauer so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巢 (sào)

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