潲

潲 U+6F72, 潲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F72 ← 潱 [U+6F71] CJK Unified Ideographs 潳 → [U+6F73]

Translingual

Han character

潲 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水竹木月 (EHDB), four-corner 3912₇, composition ⿰氵稍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 650, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18285
• Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1743, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6F72

Chinese

Glyph origin

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 *sreːws) : semantic 水 + phonetic 稍 (OC *sreːws).

Etymology 1

trad.		潲
simp. #		潲
alternative forms		捎 verb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shào (shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau³
• Gan (Wiktionary): sau⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): sau³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sàu / sáu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sao³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shào
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴
    • Yale: shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau³
    • Yale: saau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: sau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu
    • Tâi-lô: sàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saux
    • IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /sau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sáu
    • Tâi-lô: sáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sau
    • MiniDict: sau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sraewH

Rime
Character	潲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所敎切
Baxter	sraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨwH/
Li Rong	/ʃauH/
Wang Li	/ʃauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潲
Reading #	1/1
No.	13729
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	稍
Old Chinese	/*sreːws/

Definitions

潲

1. swill
2. (colloquial, of rain) to fall aslant

   潲雨了，咱趕緊關窗戶。 [MSC, trad.]
   潲雨了，咱赶紧关窗户。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shào yǔ le, zán gǎnjǐn guān chuānghu. [Pinyin]

   Rain is falling aslant. Let's quickly close the windows.

3. (dialectal, including Beijing and Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Jin) to sprinkle; to spray

Compounds

• 潲水 (shàoshuǐ)
• 豬潲／猪潲

 

Etymology 2

trad.		潲
simp. #		潲
alternative forms		韶 精 𪷰 洨 佋 韶 精 𪷰 洨 佋 溲 屑 邵 哨 梢 稍 消 肖 紹／绍 𩩓 㞞／𪨊 漦 Hakka

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiau²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯au̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâu
    • Tâi-lô: siâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau⁵⁵/

Definitions

潲

1. (Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, vulgar) semen

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 精液 (“semen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		精
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		精液
Mandarin	Beijing	精液, 㞞
	Taiwan	精液, 洨, 精
	Harbin	㞞, 雞巴湯兒
	Yantai (Muping)	㞞, 精
	Jinan	㞞
	Luoyang	㞞
	Wanrong	㞞
	Xi'an	㞞
	Yinchuan	㞞
	Lanzhou	㞞
	Xining	㞞
	Ürümqi	㞞
	Wuhan	漿
	Chengdu	精水, 精液, 頭兒油, 化豬油, 豬油
	Guiyang	精水
	Liuzhou	精水
	Xuzhou	㞞
	Yangzhou	㞞
	Nanjing	㞞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𨳍水
	Hong Kong	精液, 精
	Dongguan	精液
	Shaoguan	精水
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	𨳍水
	Nanning	𨳍水, 炮油
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精液
Gan	Lichuan	精
Hakka	Meixian	𡳞屎
	Xingning	𡳞屎
	Dabu (Xihe)	精液, 𡳞屎
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	𡳞屎
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	𡳞屎, 潲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	𡳞屎
	Wuhua (Changbu)	𡳞屎
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	𡳞屎, 潲水
	Jiexi	𡳞屎
	Changting	淫
	Yongding	潲
	Yongding (Gaobei)	精子
	Yongding (Hukeng)	潲膏
	Liancheng (Juxi)	脧仁
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	精
	Yudu	卵屎
	Ruijin	卵屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	潲
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	潲
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	潲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	潲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	精水
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	潲
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	精水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𡳞屎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𡳞屎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𡳞屎
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	潲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	潲
	Hong Kong	𡳞屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	精液
	Senai (Huiyang)	𡳞屎
	Bangkok (Meixian)	𡳞屎
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	𡳞屎
Huizhou	Jixi	㞞, 鳥漿
	Shexian	㞞
	Tunxi	精, 㞞
Jin	Taiyuan	精液
	Pingyao	㞞
	Xinzhou	㞞, 㞞糊子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	精
Southern Min	Xiamen	潲
	Quanzhou	潲
	Zhangzhou	潲
	Zhao'an	潲
	Taipei	潲
	Taipei (Wanhua)	潲
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	潲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	潲
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	潲
	Kaohsiung	潲
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	潲
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	潲
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	潲
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	潲
	Yilan	潲
	Yilan (Luodong)	潲
	Yilan (Toucheng)	潲, 精水
	Changhua (Lukang)	潲
	Taichung	潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	潲
	Tainan	潲, 精水
	Tainan (Anping)	潲
	Taitung	精
	Hsinchu	潲
	Kinmen	潲
	Penghu (Magong)	潲
	Penghu (Xiyu)	潲
	Penang (Hokkien)	潲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	潲
	Manila (Hokkien)	潲
	Longyan	潲
	Chaozhou	潲
	Jieyang	潲
	Haifeng	潲, 潲水
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	精
	Wenchang	精
	Haikou	精
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	精, 𨳍水
Wu	Shanghai	精, 白脫油, 白脫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	㞞
	Suzhou	精
	Danyang	㞞
	Hangzhou	㞞, 陽水
	Ningbo	卵漿, 漿水
	Wenzhou	頹漿
	Jinhua	㞞
Xiang	Changsha	卵漿, 精子
	Xiangxiang	卵射漿, 精液
	Loudi	卵水, 水, 漿, 烏龜尿

Compounds

• 創啥潲／创啥潲 (Min Nan)
• 啥潲 (siáⁿ-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 嘐潲 (hau-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 嘐潲話／嘐潲话 (hau-siâu-ōe) (Min Nan)
• 孽潲 (gia̍t-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 㤉潲 (gê-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 挐潲潲 (jû-siâu-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 插潲 (chhap-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 洽潲
• 潲面
• 衰潲 (soe-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 訕潲／讪潲 (soān-siâu) (Min Nan)
• 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (Min Nan)
• 謔潲／谑潲
• 譀潲／𰶆潲
• 譀狗潲／𰶆狗潲
• 貓潲／猫潲