肇

肇 U+8087, 肇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8087 ← 肆 [U+8086] CJK Unified Ideographs 肈 → [U+8088]

Translingual

Han character

肇 (Kangxi radical 129, 聿+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中手 (HKLQ) or 戈大中手 (IKLQ), four-corner 3850₇, composition ⿱𢼄聿)

References

• KangXi: page 972, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29228
• Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3168, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8087

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Chinese

trad.		肇
simp. #		肇
alternative forms		肈 肁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肁	*dawʔ
肇	*dawʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): siu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu
• Min Dong (BUC): diêu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiǎu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
    • Wade–Giles: chao4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶
    • Yale: siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²²/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /tiau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiᴇu^X/

Rime
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	治小切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiawX/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛuX/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*dawʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16898
Phonetic component	肁
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	肇
Old Chinese	/*dawʔ/

Definitions

肇

1. ^† to commence; to start; to begin
2. ^† to found
3. ^† to originate

Compounds

• 僧肇
• 肇事 (zhàoshì)
• 肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě)
• 肇因 (zhàoyīn)

• 肇基 (zhàojī)
• 肇始 (zhàoshǐ)
• 肇慶／肇庆 (Zhàoqìng)
• 肇禍／肇祸 (zhàohuò)

• 肇禍者／肇祸者
• 肇端 (zhàoduān)
• 肇論／肇论
• 肇造

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Japanese

Kanji

肇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. begin, start

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)
• Kun: はじめる (hajimeru, 肇める)

Proper noun

肇(はじめ) • (Hajime) 

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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