仯

仯 U+4EEF, 仯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EEF ← 仮 [U+4EEE] CJK Unified Ideographs 仰 → [U+4EF0]

Translingual

Han character

仯 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人火竹 (OFH), composition ⿰亻少)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 399
• Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4EEF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觘	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬	*sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	*sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	*mewʔ, *mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	*hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	*senʔ, *smos

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chào (chao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao⁴
    • Yale: chàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaw
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau³
    • Yale: chaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaewH

Rime
Character	仯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	初敎切
Baxter	tsrhaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰauH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sm̥ʰreːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13692
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	抄
Old Chinese	/*sm̥ʰreːws/

Definitions

仯

1. child
2. tiny
3. Alternative form of 㑳／㑇 (“stubborn”)

Compounds

• 仯偳 (chàoduān)

 

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 63

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仯 – see 眇 (“to be blind; to squint; to peer; to examine carefully; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 眇).

Japanese

Kanji

仯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}; みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}; びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
• Kun: さいさま (saisama); ちいさい (chīsai, 仯さい)