瀟

See also: 潇

Translingual

Han character

瀟 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 水廿中難 (ETLX), four-corner 3412₇, composition ⿰氵蕭)

1. sound of beating wind and rain
2. light, ethereal
3. water that is clear but deep

Related characters

• 潇 (Simplified Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 660, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18660
• Dae Jaweon: page 1070, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1782, character 2
• Unihan data for U+701F

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Chinese

trad.		瀟
simp.		潇
alternative forms		𤂣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯːw) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 蕭 (OC *sɯːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ / siou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (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: siu¹
    • Yale: sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
    • Tâi-lô: siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao¹ / siou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³/, /siou³³/

Note:

• siao1 - Shantou;
• siou1 - Chaozhou.

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瀟
Reading #	1/1
No.	12115
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/
Notes	見詩鄭風山海經， 廣韻作潚，手冊讀以蘇彫直收此字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瀟

1. (of water) deep and clear
2. (～水) Xiao River (a river in Hunan, China)

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Japanese

Kanji

瀟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しち (shichi)
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: きよし (kiyoshi)

Compounds

Compounds with 瀟

• 瀟洒(しょうしゃ) (shōsha)
• 瀟灑(しょうしゃ) (shōsha)
• 瀟瀟(しょうしょう) (shōshō)
• 瀟湘(しょうしょう) (shōshō)
• 瀟湘君(しょうしょうくん) (shōshōkun)
• 瀟湘八景(しょうしょうはっけい) (shōshōhakkei)
• 瀟湘八景図(しょうしょうはっけいず) (shōshōhakkeizu)

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Korean

Hanja

瀟 (eum 소 (so))

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Vietnamese

Han character

瀟: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu

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References

• Nom Foundation