鞘

鞘	U+9798, 鞘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9798

Translingual

Han character

鞘 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+7, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 廿十火月 (TJFB), four-corner 4952₇, composition ⿰革肖)

Derived characters

鞩

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1388, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42850
Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 33
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4336, character 7
Unihan data for U+9798

Chinese

trad.		鞘
simp. ^#		鞘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鞘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	sreːw, sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	sreːw, slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	sreːw, sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	sreːw, sew
綃	sreːw, sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	sreːw, sew
娋	sreːw, sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	sreːws, sʰews, *sew
揱	sreːwɢs, slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	slew, slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	seːw, sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreːw, *slewɢs): semantic 革 + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiào (qiao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu³
Eastern Min (BUC): siéu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu / siù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
  - Yale: chyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ciu³
  - Yale: chiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siéu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu
  - Tâi-lô: siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaux
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /siau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
  - Tâi-lô: siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siux
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹/

Middle Chinese: sjewH

Rime
Character	鞘
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	私妙切
Baxter	sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw^H/
Li Rong	/siɛu^H/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*slewɢs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞘
Reading #	2/2
No.	13756
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥬇
Old Chinese	/*slewɢs/
Notes	同韒方言作削

Definitions

鞘

scabbard; sheath
tube used to carry valuables

Synonyms

(scabbard): (literary, or in compounds) 室 (shì)

Compounds

劍鞘 / 剑鞘 (jiànqiào)
海鞘 (hǎiqiào)
烏鞘嶺 / 乌鞘岭
胚根鞘
胚芽鞘 (pēiyáqiào)
腱鞘 (jiànqiào)
葉鞘 / 叶鞘 (yèqiào)
銀鞘 / 银鞘
鞘翅 (qiàochì)
鞘馬子 / 鞘马子
髓鞘 (suǐqiào)
鳴鞘 / 鸣鞘

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shao
  - Wade–Giles: shao¹
  - Yale: shāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
  - Palladius: шао (šao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saau¹
  - Yale: sāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
  - Tâi-lô: sau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saw
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: sraew

Rime
Character	鞘
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所交切
Baxter	sraew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʃau/
Wang Li	/ʃau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞘
Reading #	1/2
No.	13713
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/

Definitions

鞘

thong

Japanese

Kanji

鞘

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)
Kan-on: そう (sō)
Kun: さや (saya, 鞘)

Compounds

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

鞘

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
鞘
さや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さや [sáꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ja̠]

Noun

鞘(さや) • (saya)

sheath; scabbard (sword holster)
case (to store something in)
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 13, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中両親と私 [My Parents and I]:
  枕(まくら)の傍(そば)にある老(ろう)眼(がん)鏡(きょう)は、いつまでも黒(くろ)い鞘(さや)に納(おさ)められたままであった。
  Makura no soba ni aru rōgankyō wa, itsumademo kuroi saya ni osamerareta mama de atta.
  The reading glasses by his pillow forever stayed in their black case.
(finance) margin

Derived terms

鞘取(さやと)り (sayatori): arbitrage
利鞘(りざや) (rizaya): profit margin

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲鞘”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

鞘 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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