艘

Translingual

Han character

艘 (Kangxi radical 137, 舟+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜竹難水 (HYHXE), four-corner 2744₇, composition ⿰舟叟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1012, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30511
• Dae Jaweon: page 1470, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3064, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8258

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Chinese

trad.		艘
simp. #		艘
alternative forms		㮴 䑹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	*suːw, *sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	*sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏	*slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	*suːʔ, *sru
醙	*suʔ, *sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	*sru, *sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	*sru, *sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suːw, *sɯːw) : semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ) – counter for boats.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōu, sāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ, ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² / sau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so / só / só͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sou
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sao
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau² / sau¹
    • Yale: sáu / sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² / sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² / seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
    • Tâi-lô: so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só
    • Tâi-lô: só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
    • Tâi-lô: sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: sew

Rime
Character	艘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切
Baxter	sew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːw/, /*sɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	艘	艘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12064	12066
Phonetic component	叟	叟
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	騷	蕭
Old Chinese	/*suːw/	/*sɯːw/
Notes	見說苑，說文從木	見說苑

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 艘

1. Classifier for boats, ships, vessels.

   一艘小船  ―  yī sōu xiǎochuán  ―  a small boat

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

艘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)
• Kun: ふね (fune, 艘)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
艘
そう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 艘 (MC sew).

Counter

艘(そう) or 艘(counter) • (sō or counter) [[Category:Japanese
|そう]]

1. small boats

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Korean

Hanja

艘 (eum 소 (so))

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Vietnamese

Han character

艘: Hán Nôm readings: sưu

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