樵

樵 U+6A35, 樵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A35 ← 樴 [U+6A34] CJK Unified Ideographs 樶 → [U+6A36]

Translingual

Han character

樵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 木人土火 (DOGF), four-corner 4093₁, composition ⿰木焦)

1. woodcutter
2. firewood
3. gather wood

Derived characters

• 藮, 𡃼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15489
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1293, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6A35

Chinese

simp. and trad.		樵
alternative forms		柴 Hakka and Min

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Etymology

Likely related to 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhèu

  (Hailu, HRS): ciau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiau²

• Eastern Min (BUC): cièu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo² / ziao²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziou¹ / ziao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ceu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ceu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciau
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiau⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiau²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cá̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu²⁴/
  • (Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siəu²⁴/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ziao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɐu¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziou¹ / ziao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiou / tsiau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siou³³/, /t͡siau³³/

Note:

• ziou1 - Chaozhou;
• ziao1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.

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• Middle Chinese: dzjew

Rime
Character	樵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昨焦切
Baxter	dzjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樵
Reading #	1/1
No.	6354
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵
Old Chinese	/*zew/

Definitions

樵

1. (literary or Hakka, Min) firewood
2. to chop firewood, to gather firewood

   • 樵彼桑薪，卬烘于煁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qiáo bǐ sāng xīn, áng hōng yú chén. [Pinyin]

     They gather firewood of branches of the mulberry trees,
     And I burn them [only] in a [small] furnace.

3. woodcutter

Compounds

• 中山樵
• 樵夫 (qiáofū)
• 樵客
• 樵戶 / 樵户
• 樵採 / 樵采 (qiáocǎi)
• 樵樓 / 樵楼
• 樵歌
• 樵牧
• 樵蘇 / 樵苏
• 樵蘇不爨 / 樵苏不爨
• 樵采 (qiáocǎi)
• 樵隱 / 樵隐
• 漁樵記 / 渔樵记
• 薪樵
• 買妻恥樵 / 买妻耻樵

References

• “樵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “樵”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.

Japanese

Kanji

樵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to cut down trees, to gather firewood
2. lumberjack, woodcutter

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: こる (koru, 樵る)、きこる (kikoru, 樵る)、きこり (kikori, 樵)

Compounds

• 漁(ぎょ)樵(しょう) (gyoshō)
• 樵(しょう)歌(か) (shōka)
• 樵(しょう)漁(ぎょ) (shōgyo)
• 樵(しょう)蘇(そ) (shōso)
• 樵(しょう)談(だん)治(ち)要(よう) (shōdanchiyō)
• 樵(しょう)夫(ふ) (shōfu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
樵
きこり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
木こり 木樵 樵夫 蕘 (uncommon)

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 樵(きこ)る (kikoru, “to cut down trees, to gather firewood”), from 木(き) (ki, “tree”) + 樵(こ)る (koru, “to cut down trees, to gather firewood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiko̞ɾʲi]
• (Tokyo) きこり [kìkórí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きこり [kìkóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])

Noun

樵(きこり) • (kikori) 

1. lumberjack

References

• “^▲樵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [초]

Hanja

樵 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樵: Hán Nôm readings: tiều

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