梢

梢 U+68A2, 梢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A2 ← 梡 [U+68A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 梣 → [U+68A3]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

梢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木火月 (DFB), four-corner 4992₇, composition ⿰木肖)

Derived characters

• 䔠 䈾 𣻘 𦄏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 530, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14866
• Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 1
• Unihan data for U+68A2

Chinese

trad.		梢
simp. #		梢
alternative forms		萷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *sreːw): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): sau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sau / siau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shao
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹
    • Yale: shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saau¹
    • Yale: sāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau / siau
    • Tâi-lô: sau / siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw, siaw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/, /siau³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/

Note:

• sau - literary;
• siau - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: sraew

Rime
Character	梢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所交切
Baxter	sraew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʃau/
Wang Li	/ʃau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梢
Reading #	1/1
No.	13710
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/

Definitions

梢

1. pointed tip of something long like a branch
2. rudder

Compounds

• 上梢
• 下梢
• 三梢末尾
• 下梢頭 / 下梢头
• 喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
• 報梢 / 报梢
• 把梢的
• 掂梢折本
• 撈梢 / 捞梢
• 末尾三梢
• 末梢 (mòshāo)
• 末梢神經 / 末梢神经
• 末梢頭 / 末梢头
• 枝梢
• 林梢
• 枷梢
• 梢人
• 梢公 (shāogōng)
• 梢梢
• 梢棒
• 梢間 / 梢间
• 梢雲 / 梢云
• 梢頭 / 梢头
• 樹梢 / 树梢 (shùshāo)
• 沒下梢 / 没下梢
• 沒梢幹 / 没梢干
• 盯梢 (dīngshāo)
• 眉梢 (méishāo)
• 眼梢
• 神經末梢 / 神经末梢 (shénjīng mòshāo)
• 翻梢
• 腳梢天 / 脚梢天
• 船梢
• 謊徹梢虛 / 谎彻梢虚
• 豆蔻梢頭 / 豆蔻梢头
• 頭梢 / 头梢
• 頭梢自領 / 头梢自领

Japanese

Shinjitai	梢
Kyūjitai	梢󠄁 梢+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	梢󠄃 梢+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

梢

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. treetop

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: かじ (kaji, 梢)^{←かぢ (kadi, 梢, historical)}、こずえ (kozue, 梢)^{←こずゑ (kozuwe, 梢, historical)}
• Nanori: あずさ (azusa)^{←あづさ (adusa, historical)}、こずえ (kozue)、すえ (sue)^{←すゑ (suwe, historical)}、たか (taka)

Compounds

• 梢(しょう)頭(とう) (shōtō)
• 花(か)梢(しょう) (kashō)
• 枯(こ)梢(しょう) (koshō)
• 黄(こう)梢(しょう) (kōshō)
• 樹(じゅ)梢(しょう) (jushō)
• 梅(ばい)梢(しょう) (baishō)
• 末(まっ)梢(しょう) (masshō)
• 木(もく)梢(しょう) (mokushō)
• 林(りん)梢(しょう) (rinshō)
• 梢(うれ)付(つ)き塔(とう)婆(ば) (uretsuki tōba)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梢
こずえ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
杪

Originally a compound of 木(こ) (ko-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 木(き) (ki, “tree”)) + 末(すえ) (sue, “tip, end”).

The sue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こずえ [kòzúé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞zɨe̞]

Noun

梢(こずえ) • (kozue) ^{←こずゑ (kozuwe)?}

1. a treetop

   Synonym: 木末 (konure)

Derived terms

• 梢(こずえ)子(こ) (Kozueko)
• 梢(こずえ)の秋(あき) (kozue no aki)
• 梢(こずえ)の嵐(あらし) (kozue no arashi)
• 梢(こずえ)の雲(くも) (kozue no kumo)
• 梢(こずえ)の空(そら) (kozue no sora)
• 梢(こずえ)の床(とこ) (kozue no toko)
• 梢(こずえ)の夏(なつ) (kozue no natsu)
• 梢(こずえ)の春(はる) (kozue no haru)
• 梢(こずえ)の雪(ゆき) (kozue no yuki)
• 雲(くも)の梢(こずえ) (kumo no kozue)

Proverbs

• 花(はな)は折(お)りたし梢(こずえ)は高(たか)し (hana wa oritashi kozue wa takashi)

Proper noun

梢(こずえ) • (Kozue) ^{←こずゑ (Kozuwe)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梢
しょう Jinmeiyō
goon

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 梢 (MC sraew).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

梢(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←せう (Seu)?}

1. a female given name

References

• “^▲梢”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

梢 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梢: Hán Nôm readings: sao

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