硝

Translingual

Han character

硝 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口火月 (MRFB), four-corner 1962₇, composition ⿰石肖)

1. saltpeter, niter
2. to tan

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24201
• Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2433, character 4
• Unihan data for U+785D

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Chinese

trad.		硝
simp. #		硝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	*sreːw, *sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	*sreːw, *slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	*sreːw, *sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	*sreːw, *sew
綃	*sreːw, *sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	*sreːw, *sew
娋	*sreːw, *sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	*sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱	*sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	*slew, *slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	*seːw, *sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: sjew

Rime
Character	硝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相邀切
Baxter	sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw/
Li Rong	/siɛu/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硝
Reading #	1/1
No.	13742
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	宵
Old Chinese	/*sew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硝

1. (inorganic chemistry) saltpetre, niter
2. to tan

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Japanese

Kanji

硝

(Jōyō kanji)

1. saltpeter, niter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO₃).

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 硝子(ガラス) (garasu), 硝子(しょうし) (shōshi): glass
• 硝安(しょうあん) (shōan): ammonium nitrate
• 硝酸(しょうさん) (shōsan): nitric acid
• 硝石(しょうせき) (shōseki): saltpetre

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Korean

Hanja

硝 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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