梢

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		梢
simp. #		梢

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, shào, xiāo (shao¹, shao⁴, xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ, ㄕㄠˋ, ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹
• 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/
      
  • (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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saau¹
    • Yale: sāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau / siau
    • Tâi-lô: sau / siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw, siaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/, /siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
    • 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 梢

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

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Japanese

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: こずえ (kozue, 梢)^{←こずゑ (kozwe, 梢, historical)}
• Nanori: あずさ (azusa)^{←あづさ (adusa, historical)}、すえ (sue)^{←すゑ (swe, historical)}、たか (taka)

Compounds

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

Originally a compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, combining form) +‎ 末 (sue, “tip, end”).

The sue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

• 杪

Noun

梢(こずえ) • (kozue) ^{←こずゑ (kozwe)?}

1. a treetop

   Synonym: 木末 (konure)

Derived terms

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 (Kozwe)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梢
しょう Jinmeiyō
goon

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 梢 (MC sraew).

Proper noun

梢(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←せう (Seu)?}

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 梢 (sao)

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