潮

潮 U+2F90F, 潮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90F ← 淹 [U+2F90E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣽞 → [U+2F910]

Translingual

Han character

潮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水十十月 (EJJB), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵朝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 650, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18277
• Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1737, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6F6E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		潮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘲	*ʔr'eːw
廟	*mrews
朝	*ʔr'ew, *r'ew
潮	*r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r'ew) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Etymology

"Rising tide in the daytime" > "tide" (in general).

Derived from 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew, “morning”). Compare 汐 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening tide; ebb”) < 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 潮

1. ^† rising tide
2. tide

   Template:zh-syn

   潮起潮落  ―  cháoqǐcháoluò  ―  ebb and flow

3. (figurative) wave

   思潮  ―  sīcháo  ―  zeitgeist

   移民潮  ―  yímín cháo  ―  wave of mass migration

4. damp; moist
5. Short for 潮州 (Cháozhōu, “Chaozhou”).

   潮音  ―  cháoyīn  ―  Teochew pronunciation

6. trendy; popular

   See also: 潮流

   潮語／潮语 [Cantonese]  ―  ciu⁴ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  trendy words; new slang

7. (dialectal) wet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 濕 (“wet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		濕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		濕
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	濕
	Taiwan	濕
	Malaysia	濕
	Singapore	濕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	濕
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	濕
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	濕
	Xi'an	濕
	Xining	濕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	濕
	Wuhan	濕
	Guiyang	濕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	潮, 濕
	Hefei	潮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	濕
	Hong Kong	濕
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	濕
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	濕
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	濕
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	濕
	Macau	濕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	濕
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	濕
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	濕
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	濕
	Foshan	濕
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	濕
	Foshan (Shunde)	濕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	濕
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	濕
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	濕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	濕
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	削
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	削
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	濕, 削
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	濕, 削
	Taishan	削
	Kaiping (Chikan)	濕, 削
	Enping (Niujiang)	削, 濕
	Heshan (Yayao)	濕
	Dongguan	濕
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	濕
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	濕
	Qingyuan	濕
	Fogang	濕
	Yingde (Hanguang)	濕
	Yangshan	濕
	Lianshan (Butian)	濕
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	濕
	Shaoguan	濕
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	濕
	Renhua	濕
	Lechang	濕
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	濕
	Sihui	濕
	Guangning	濕
	Deqing	濕
	Huaiji	濕
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	濕
	Yunfu	濕
	Xinxing	濕
	Luoding	濕
	Yunan (Pingtai)	濕
	Yangjiang	濕
	Xinyi	濕
	Lianjiang	濕
	Nanning	濕
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	濕
	Danzhou	濕
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	濕
	Singapore (Guangfu)	濕
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	濕
Gan	Nanchang	濕
Hakka	Meixian	濕
	Changting	濕
	Wuping	濕
	Liancheng	濕
	Ninghua	濕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	濕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	濕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	濕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	濕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	濕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	濕
	Hong Kong	濕
	Senai (Huiyang)	濕
Jin	Taiyuan	濕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	濕
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	濕
	Songxi	濕
	Zhenghe	濕
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	濕
	Jianyang	濕
	Wuyishan	濕
	Pucheng (Shibei)	濕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	濫
	Fuzhou (Changle)	濫
	Lianjiang	濫
	Fuqing	濫
	Pingtan	濫
	Yongtai	濫
	Minqing	濫
	Gutian	濫
	Pingnan	濫
	Luoyuan	濫
	Fu'an	澹, 濫
	Ningde	澹, 濫
	Xiapu	澹
	Zherong	濫, 澹
	Shouning	澹
	Zhouning	澹
	Fuding	澹
	Matsu	濫
Southern Min	Xiamen	澹
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	澹
	Quanzhou	澹, 濕
	Jinjiang	澹
	Nan'an	澹
	Shishi	澹
	Hui'an	澹
	Anxi	澹
	Yongchun	澹, 濕
	Dehua	澹
	Zhangzhou	澹
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	澹
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	澹
	Hua'an	澹
	Nanjing	澹
	Pinghe	澹
	Zhangpu	澹
	Yunxiao	澹
	Zhao'an	澹, 濕
	Dongshan	澹
	Taipei	澹
	Taipei (Wanhua)	澹
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	澹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	澹
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	澹
	Kaohsiung	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	澹, 濕
	Yilan	澹
	Yilan (Toucheng)	澹, 濕
	Changhua (Lukang)	濕
	Tainan	澹
	Tainan (Anping)	澹
	Taitung	濕
	Hsinchu	澹
	Kinmen	澹
	Penghu (Magong)	澹
	Penghu (Xiyu)	澹
	Penang (Hokkien)	澹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	澹
	Manila (Hokkien)	澹
	Longyan	澹
	Zhangping	澹
	Datian	澹
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	濕
	Chaozhou	澹
	Shantou	澹
	Shantou (Chenghai)	澹
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	澹
	Jieyang	澹
	Haifeng	澹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	澹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	澹
	Singapore (Teochew)	澹
	Leizhou	澹
	Wenchang	澹
	Haikou	澹
	Qionghai	澹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	澹
Puxian Min	Putian	澹, 澬
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	泱
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	澹
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	澹
	Xianyou	泱, 澹 rare, 澬
	Xianyou (Fengting)	泱, 澹 rare, 澬
	Xianyou (Youyang)	泱, 澹
Central Min	Yong'an	濕
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	濕
	Sanming (Shaxian)	濕
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	澹
Shehua	Fu'an	濕
	Fuding	濕
	Luoyuan	濕
	Sanming	濕
	Shunchang	濕
	Hua'an	濕
	Guixi (Zhangping)	濕
	Cangnan	濕
	Jingning (Hexi)	濕
	Lishui	濕
	Longyou	濕
	Chaozhou	濕
	Fengshun	濕
Wu	Shanghai	濕
	Suzhou	濕, 潮
	Hangzhou	潮
	Wenzhou	濫, 濕
Xiang	Changsha	濕
	Shuangfeng	濕

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

潮

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tide
2. saltwater
3. opportunity

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: うしお (ushio, 潮)^{←うしほ (usifo, 潮, historical)}; しお (shio, 潮, Jōyō)^{←しほ (sifo, 潮, historical)}
• Nanori: いた (ita); しおい (shioi); しおり (shiori)

Usage notes

• Both 潮 and 汐 have the kun-readings of shio and ushio. Archaically, tides in the morning were called 朝潮 (asashio), the term for tides at nighttime was 夕汐 (yūshio). For tides at any time of day, 潮汐 (chōseki) may be used.

Compounds

Compounds

• 潮(ちょう)汐(せき) (chōseki, “tide”)
• 怒(ど)潮(ちょう) (dochō)

Alternative forms

• (for tides in the evening): 汐

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
潮
しお Grade: 6
kun'yomi

/usipo/ → */isipo/ → /sipo/ → /ɕifo/ → /ɕiwo/ → /ɕio/

A shift from or a shortening of Old Japanese ushio (see below).

Noun

潮(しお) • (shio) ^{←しほ (sifo)?}

1. a (morning) tide
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 4045:
     , text here

     於伎敝欲里(おきへより)美知久流(みちくる)之保(しほ)能(の)伊也麻之尓(いやましに)安我毛布支見我(あがもふきみが)弥不根可母加礼(みふねかもかれ) [Man'yōgana]

     沖(おき)辺(べ)より満(み)ち来(く)る潮(しほ)のいや増(ま)しに我(あ)が思(も)ふ君(きみ)が御(み)船(ふね)かもかれ [Modern spelling]

     okibe yori michikuru shio no iyamashi ni aga 'mou kimi ga mifune ka mo kare

     My lord[,] for whom I long more and more like the tide coming up from the offing, could that there be your boat?

2. seawater
3. a (usually favorable) chance or opportunity

   Synonym: 潮時 (shiodoki)

4. charm, attractiveness

   Synonym: 愛嬌 (aikyō)

5. (historical) in the Edo period, name of a courtesan rank in the Shinmachi district of Osaka, next to the 鹿恋 (kakoi).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 塩(しお) (shio, “salt”)
• 潮(しお)時(どき) (shiodoki)
• 朝(あさ)潮(しお) (asashio, “morning tide”)
• 真(ま)潮(しお) (mashio)
• 夕(ゆう)潮(しお) (yūshio, “evening tide”)

Proper noun

潮(しお) • (Shio) ^{←しほ (sifo)?}

1. a surname
2. a female given name

潮(しほ) • (Shiho) 

1. a surname
2. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
潮
うしお Grade: 6
kun'yomi

/usipo/ → /usipo/ → /uɕifo/ → /uɕiwo/ → /uɕio/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Noun

潮(うしお) • (ushio) ^{←うしほ (usifo)?}

1. a (morning) tide
2. seawater
3. a tidal current

   Synonym: 潮流 (chōryū)

4. Short for 潮汁 (ushiojiru): a thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 潮(うしお)汁(じる) (ushiojiru), 潮(うしお)煮(に) (ushioni)
• 潮(うしお)染(ぞめ), 潮(うしお)染(ぞ)め (ushiozome)

Proper noun

潮(うしお) • (Ushio) ^{←うしほ (usifo)?}

1. a place name
2. a surname
3. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

潮 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 潮 (triều, trào, xèo, rều)

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