韶

韶 U+97F6, 韶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97F6 ← 韵 [U+97F5] CJK Unified Ideographs 韷 → [U+97F7]

Translingual

Han character

韶 (Kangxi radical 180, 音+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜日尸竹口 (YASHR), four-corner 0766₂, composition ⿰音召)

Derived characters

• 𪷰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1397, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43276
• Dae Jaweon: page 1913, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4496, character 2
• Unihan data for U+97F6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		韶

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sháo (shao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sèu
• Eastern Min (BUC): sièu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
    • Wade–Giles: shao²
    • Yale: sháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁴
    • Yale: sìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâu
    • Tâi-lô: siâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyew

Rime
Character	韶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市昭切
Baxter	dzyew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiaw/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛu/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韶
Reading #	1/1
No.	2139
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	韶
Old Chinese	/*djew/

Definitions

韶

1. (obsolete) name of a piece of music at the time of Emperor Shun
2. (literary) splendid; beautiful

   韶華／韶华  ―  sháohuá  ―  scenery of spring; youth

3. (obsolete) to carry forward; to carry on
4. (obsolete) Nephelium chryseum (WP)
5. (～州) (historical) Shao (a former prefecture of Guangdong, China)
6. a surname

Compounds

• 仰韶
• 仰韶文化
• 箾韶
• 簫韶／箫韶
• 簫韶九成／箫韶九成
• 聞韶忘味／闻韶忘味
• 許韶／许韶 (Xǔ Sháo)
• 韶光
• 韶光似箭
• 韶光荏苒
• 韶刀
• 韶子 (sháozi)
• 韶山 (Sháoshān)
• 韶山沖／韶山冲 (Sháoshānchōng)
• 韶州 (Sháozhōu)
• 韶州土話／韶州土话 (Sháozhōu tǔhuà)
• 韶日
• 韶早
• 韶暗晡
• 韶樂／韶乐
• 韶樂／韶乐
• 韶秀
• 韶華／韶华 (sháohuá)
• 韶華如駛／韶华如驶
• 韶關／韶关 (Sháoguān)
• 韶韺
• 韶顏稚齒／韶颜稚齿

 

Japanese

Kanji

韶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 韶ぐ)
• Nanori: あき (aki); たかし (takashi); つぐ (tsugu); よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

韶 (eumhun 풍류 이름 소 (pungnyu ireum so))
韶 (eumhun 아름다울 소 (areumdaul so))

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Vietnamese

Han character

韶: Hán Nôm readings: thiều

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