奏

See also: 秦, 奉, and 泰

Translingual

Han character

奏 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手大竹大 (QKHK), four-corner 5043₀, composition ⿱𡗗天)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5915
• Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 537, character 1
• Unihan data for U+594F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		奏
alternative forms		𠂑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
奏	*ʔsoːs
凑	*sʰoːs
腠	*sʰoːs
輳	*sʰoːs
楱	*sʰoːs, *zoːs
湊	*sʰoːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zòu (zou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau³ / cau³
• Northern Min (KCR): ce̿
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chàu / cháu / chò / chò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsou⁴
    • Yale: dzòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzow
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau³ / cau³
    • Yale: jau / chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau³ / tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo³ / ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³³/, /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ce̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu
    • Tâi-lô: tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò
    • Tâi-lô: tsò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²¹/

Note:

• chàu - vernacular;
• chò/chò͘ - literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 奏
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sou⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡sou⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sou⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sou²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sou³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sou⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sɯ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡səu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sou¹³/
	Ürümqi	/tɤu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡səu¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡səu²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡səu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡səɯ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sɯ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡səu⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡səu³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡səu⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sɤ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sɤ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sau⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡siu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡seu⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/t͡seu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sɐu³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sɐu³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɐu³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sɔ²¹/ /t͡sau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sɑu²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡se³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sɔu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsuwH

Rime
Character	奏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則候切
Baxter	tsuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡səuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡səuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səwH/
Li Rong	/t͡suH/
Wang Li	/t͡səuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤo(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zòu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁo(ʔ)-s/
English	bring forward; perform (music)
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	奏
Reading #	1/1
No.	17908
Phonetic component	奏
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	奏
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 奏

1. to play (musical instruments)
2. to present a memorial to an emperor
3. to achieve
4. report; memorial

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Japanese

Kanji

奏

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. play music

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かなでる (kanaderu, 奏でる, Jōyō); すすめる (susumeru, 奏める)

Compounds

Compounds

• 奏楽(そうがく) (sōgaku): musical performance
• 奏功(そうこう) (sōkō): success
• 奏効(そうこう) (sōkō): efficacy
• 奏上(そうじょう) (sōjō): report to the emperor
• 奏鳴曲(そうめいきょく) (sōmeikyoku): sonata
• 奏聞(そうもん) (sōmon): reporting to the emperor
• 演奏(えんそう) (ensō): musical performance
• 伴奏(ばんそう) (bansō): musical accompaniment
• 軍奏(ぐんそう) (gunsō)

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Korean

Hanja

奏 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奏 (tấu, táu, tâu, thần)

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