椒

Translingual

Han character

椒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木卜火水 (DYFE), four-corner 4794₀, composition ⿰木叔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15029
• Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1230, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6912

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		椒
alternative forms		茭 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
椒	*ʔsliw
茮	*ʔsliw
踧	*l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ
蔋	*l'ɯːwɢ
惄	*nɯːwɢ
戚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慼	*sʰlɯːwɢ
鏚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慽	*sʰlɯːwɢ
磩	*sʰlɯːwɢ
寂	*zlɯːwɢ
嘁	*ʔsluːb
墄	*sʰlɯːɡ
摵	*srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ
督	*ʔl'uːwɢ
錖	*ʔl'uːwɢ
裻	*ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ
傶	*ʔslɯːwɢ
蹙	*ʔslɯwɢ
槭	*ʔslɯwɢ
縬	*ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ
顣	*ʔslɯwɢ
敊	*l̥ʰɯwɢ
琡	*ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
俶	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
埱	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
淑	*ɦljɯwɢ
婌	*ɦljɯwɢ
尗	*hljɯwɢ
叔	*hljɯwɢ
掓	*hljɯwɢ
菽	*hljɯwɢ
鮛	*hljɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chio / chiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zio¹ / ziê¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹jiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ziu¹
    • Yale: jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio / chiau
    • Tâi-lô: tsio / tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioy, ciaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/

Note:

• chio - vernacular;
• chiau - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zio¹ / ziê¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsio / tsie
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡sie³³/

Note:

• zio1 - Shantou;
• ziê1 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹jiau
    • MiniDict: jiau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jjiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjew

Rime
Character	椒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即消切
Baxter	tsjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siaw/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛu/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tˤiw/, /*S.tew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsliw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	椒	椒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāo	jiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ tsew ›	‹ tsjew ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tˁiw/	/*S.tew/
English	pepper plant	pepper plant
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	椒
Reading #	1/1
No.	11724
Phonetic component	尗
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	焦
Old Chinese	/*ʔsliw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 椒

1. (originally) Sichuan pepper
2. any similar plants and spices, such as pepper and chili

   • 蒙舍蠻以椒、薑、桂和烹而飲之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蒙舍蛮以椒、姜、桂和烹而饮之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

     Méngshè Mán yǐ jiāo, jiāng, guì hé pēng ér yǐn zhī. [Pinyin]

     The Mengshe Barbarians use pepper, ginger, and cinnamon to boil as a drink.

3. summit
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

椒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: はじかみ (hajikami, 椒)

Compounds

• 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō)
• 山椒(さんしょう) (sanshō)

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Korean

Hanja

椒 (eumhun 산초나무 초 (sanchonamu cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 椒 (tiêu)

1. any spices or plants, usually peppers