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)

Derived characters

• 𬑷, 𬢅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dawʔ): phonetic 肁 (OC *dawʔ) + semantic 攵 (“hand action”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): seu

  (Hailu, HRS): shau^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): diêu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiǎu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zau / ⁴zau / ²zhiau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴
    • Yale: jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
    • Palladius: чжао (čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shau^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃau¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎu
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Jinjiang): /tiau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zɔ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zɔ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /szɔ³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zæ²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /zaɯ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /zɒ¹¹/
  • (Northern: Songjiang)
    • Wugniu: ⁴zau
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zɔ²²/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²zhiau
    • MiniDict: zhiau^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ʑiɔ³¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂɒu̯⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjewX

Rime
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	治小切
Baxter	drjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiawX/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛuX/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛuX/
Bernhard 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. (literary) to commence; to start; to begin
2. (literary) to cause
3. short for 肇慶／肇庆 (Zhàoqìng, “Zhaoqing”)

   廣肇會館／广肇会馆  ―  Guǎng Zhào huìguǎn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	肇
Kyūjitai	肇󠄁 肇+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	肇󠄃 肇+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

肇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. begin, start

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: ただす (tadasu, 肇す)、はじめて (hajimete, 肇めて)、はじめる (hajimeru, 肇める)
• Nanori: こと (koto)、ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、とし (toshi)、なが (naga)、はじめ (hajime)、はじむ (hajimu)、はつ (hatsu)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
肇
はじめ Jinmeiyō
nanori

肇(はじめ) • (Hajime) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

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

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