肇

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 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

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Chinese

trad.		肇
simp. #		肇
alternative forms		肈

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 (Jyutping): siu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiǎu / tiāu

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/

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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/
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

(deprecated template usage) 肇

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

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Japanese

Kanji

肇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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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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