彇

彇 U+5F47, 彇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F47 ← 彆 [U+5F46] CJK Unified Ideographs 彈 → [U+5F48]

Translingual

Han character

彇 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓中難 (NLX), composition ⿰弓肅)

1. bent place at end of bow

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9861
• Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1003, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5F47

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹
    • Yale: sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sew

Rime
Character	彇
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): /*sɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彇
Reading #	1/1
No.	12117
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/
Notes	釋名作簫

Definitions

彇

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 105

Japanese

Kanji

彇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: ゆわず (yuwazu)