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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  + phonetic .

Han character[edit]

(radical 118 +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹大 (HHK), four-corner 88432, composition)

  1. smile, laugh, giggle
  2. snicker

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 879, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25885
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2950, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7B11

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

(Yale siu3)


Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]


Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so, Yale: so)

Mandarin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

(pinyin shào (shao4), xiào (xiao4), Wade-Giles shao4, hsiao4)


Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

(tiếu, téo)