詔

See also: 诏

Translingual

Han character

詔 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸竹口 (YRSHR), four-corner 0766₂, composition ⿰訁召)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1155, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35379
• Dae Jaweon: page 1620, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3959, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A54

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Chinese

trad.		詔
simp.		诏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjews) : semantic 言 (“word; speech”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews)

Etymology

Perhaps related to 召 (OC *dews, *djews, “to call; to summon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu³ / ziu⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): riao¹ / riou¹ / ziao¹ / ziou¹

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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: ziu³ / ziu⁶
    • Yale: jiu / jiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu³ / dziu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu³ / jiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯³³/, /t͡siːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: riao¹ / riou¹ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiau / jiou / tsiau / tsiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziau³³/, /d͡ziou³³/, /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/

Note:

• riao1/ziao1 - Shantou;
• riou1/ziou1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: tsyewH

Rime
Character	詔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之少切
Baxter	tsyewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciawH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛuH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*taw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhào
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyewH ›
Old Chinese	/*taw-s/
English	tell, announce
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	詔
Reading #	1/1
No.	2133
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	沼
Old Chinese	/*tjews/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 詔

1. imperial decree
2. to decree; to proclaim
3. (historical) leader or king of non-Han peoples

   • 「茫」是其君之號，蠻呼茫詔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     「茫」是其君之号，蛮呼茫诏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 4, part 20

     “Máng” shì qí jūn zhī hào, mán hū Máng zhào. [Pinyin]

     Mang​ is the formal title of their leader; the Barbarians call him the zhao of Mang.

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Japanese

Kanji

詔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: みことのり (mikotonori, 詔, Jōyō); つげる (tsugeru, 詔げる)
• Nanori: さとし (satoshi)

Usage notes

This is one of only three everyday kanji with a 5 morae reading, and one of only two nouns, namely 詔(みことのり) (mikotonori). The only other kanji with a 5 morae reading are 承, in the verb 承(うけたまわ)る (uketamawaru), and 志(こころざし) (kokorozashi), and no everyday kanji have a 6 or more morae reading.

The unusually long reading is due to it representing a triple compound word, analyzed as 御(み)言(こと)宣(のり) (mikotonori), yielding 1+2+2=5.

Derived terms

• 詔(しょう)書(しょ) (shōsho)
• 詔(しょう)勅(ちょく) (shōchoku)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 詔 (chiếu)

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