潮

Translingual

Han character

潮 (radical 85 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水十十月 (EJJB), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵朝)

1. tide
2. moist, wet, damp
3. flow

References

• KangXi: page 650, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18277
• Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1737, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6F6E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

潮 (jyutping ciu4, Yale chiu4)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

/siho/: *[sipo] > [siɸo] > [ɕiɸo] > [ɕiwo] > [ɕio]. Cognate with ushio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕio/

Noun

潮 (hiragana しお, romaji shio, historical hiragana しほ)

1. the rising of oceans due to tidal forces from the moon and sun; the tide
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 18, poem #4045)

     於伎敝欲里 美知久流之保能 伊也麻之尓 安我毛布支見我 弥不根可母加礼

Etymology 2

/usiho/: *[usipo] > [usiɸo] > [uɕiɸo] > [uɕiwo] > [uɕio]. Cognate with shio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uɕio/

Noun

潮 (hiragana うしお, romaji ushio, historical hiragana うしほ)

1. the rising of oceans due to tidal forces from the moon and sun; the tide

Etymology 3

Kanji

潮 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: しお (shio), うしお (ushio)

References

• 2003 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240004-2:

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Korean

Hanja

潮 (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

潮 (pinyin cháo (chao2), yín (yin2), Wade-Giles ch'ao², yin²)

Compounds

• 潮州 (Chaozhou)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

潮 (*djhiɛu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

潮 (triều, trào, xèo, rều)