稍

稍 U+7A0D, 稍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A0D ← 稌 [U+7A0C] CJK Unified Ideographs 税 → [U+7A0E]

Translingual

Han character

稍 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木火月 (HDFB), four-corner 2992₇, composition ⿰禾肖)

Derived characters

• 潲 蕱 𠿀 𥳓 𡡏 𢵥 𬖹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 854, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25083
• Dae Jaweon: page 1279, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2606, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7A0D

Chinese

trad.		稍
simp. #		稍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 稍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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): shāo, shào (shao¹, shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ, ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sau / siau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciao² / ciou²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹sau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shao
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹
    • Yale: shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shào
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴
    • Yale: shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Note: shào - only in 稍息 (shàoxī).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau²
    • Yale: sáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
    • Tâi-lô: sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
    • Tâi-lô: siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciao² / ciou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáu / tshióu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiau⁵²/, /t͡sʰiou⁵²/

Note:

• ciao2 - Shantou;
• ciou2 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹sau
    • MiniDict: sau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraewH

Rime
Character	稍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所敎切
Baxter	sraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨwH/
Li Rong	/ʃauH/
Wang Li	/ʃauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s](ˤ)rew-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shào
Middle Chinese	‹ sræwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s](ˁ)rew-s/
English	rations
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	稍
Reading #	1/1
No.	13725
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	稍
Old Chinese	/*sreːws/

Definitions

稍

1. a little; slightly; rather

   請稍等／请稍等  ―  qǐng shāoděng  ―  please wait a moment

2. siyah (stiffened end of a composite bow)

   大稍弓  ―  dàshāogōng  ―  Ming dynasty Large-Ear bow

   小稍弓  ―  xiǎoshāogōng  ―  Ming dynasty Small-Ear bow

3. a surname: Shao

Synonyms

• (a little):

• 一些 (yīxiē)
• 多少 (duōshǎo)
• 小可 (Hokkien)
• 小可仔 (Hokkien)
• 微微仔 (Hokkien)
• 拉圇／拉囵 (Hokkien)
• 普二略 (Hokkien)
• 普其略 (Hokkien)
• 普普仔 (Hokkien)
• 有些 (yǒuxiē)
• 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
• 略仔 (Hokkien)
• 略微 (lüèwēi)
• 略為／略为 (lüèwéi)
• 略略 (lüèlüè)
• 略略仔 (Hokkien)
• 稍微 (shāowēi)
• 稍為／稍为 (shāowéi)
• 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
• 粗粗 (Hakka)
• 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
• 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頗略仔／颇略仔 (Hokkien)
• 麻微 (Hokkien)
• 麻文 (Hokkien)

 

Compounds

• 吊稍
• 廩稍／廪稍
• 末尾三稍
• 眊眊稍稍
• 稍事
• 稍候 (shāohòu)
• 稍勝一籌／稍胜一筹
• 稍占上風
• 稍後／稍后 (shāohòu)
• 稍微 (shāowēi)
• 稍息
• 稍房
• 稍瓜打驢／稍瓜打驴
• 稍稍 (shāoshāo)
• 稍縱即逝／稍纵即逝 (shāozòngjíshì)
• 稍袋
• 稍許／稍许 (shāoxǔ)
• 稍遜一籌／稍逊一筹 (shāoxùnyīchóu)
• 稍長膽壯／稍长胆壮
• 稍食
• 脫稍兒／脱稍儿
• 腳稍／脚稍
• 花稍
• 頭稍／头稍
• 頭稍自領／头稍自领

 

Japanese

Kanji

稍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: やや (yaya, 稍); ようやく (yōyaku, 稍く)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
稍
やや Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 稍 – see the following entry.

【やや】 [adverb] slightly Alternative spelling 漸

(This term, 稍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

稍 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

稍: Hán Nôm readings: sảo, rảo, xao

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