溞

溞 U+6E9E, 溞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E9E ← 溝 [U+6E9D] CJK Unified Ideographs 溟 → [U+6E9F]

Translingual

Han character

溞 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水水戈戈 (EEII), four-corner 3713₆, composition ⿰氵蚤)

1. sound of rinsing rice
2. to wash, to rinse
3. to clean, to purify

Synonyms

• 洗

References

• KangXi: page 639, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17945
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1711, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6E9E
• yedict.com (叶典)

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		溞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: sao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑu/▼

Rime
Character	溞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇遭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw/
Li Rong	/sɑu/
Wang Li	/sɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*suː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16557
Phonetic component	蚤
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	騷
Old Chinese	/*suː/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

溞

1. sound of rinsing rice
2. to wash, to rinse
3. to clean, to purify

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 142

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: tao

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References

• Nom Foundation