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吵
吵
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Translingual
Han character
吵 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口火竹 (RFH), four-corner 69020, composition ⿰口少)
References
- KangXi: page 179, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3368
- Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 588, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5435
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
吵 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 觘 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 抄 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 鈔 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 訬 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ |
| 炒 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 吵 | *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ |
| 耖 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 仯 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 眇 | *mewʔ |
| 渺 | *mewʔ |
| 杪 | *mewʔ |
| 秒 | *mewʔ |
| 篎 | *mewʔ, *mews |
| 妙 | *mews |
| 玅 | *mews |
| 釥 | *sm̥ʰewʔ |
| 小 | *smewʔ |
| 少 | *hmjewʔ, *hmjews |
| 麨 | *m̥ʰjewʔ |
| 尠 | *senʔ, *smos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caau2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàu
- Min Nan (POJ): chhá / chháu
- Wu (Wiktionary): tshau (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chao
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: caau2
- Yale: cháau
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau2
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàu
- Hakka Romanization System: cauˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cau2
- IPA: /t͡sʰa̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá
- Tâi-lô: tshá
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhar
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu
- Tâi-lô: tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhao
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
- Note: chhá - vernacular; chháu - literary.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tshau (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 吵 | 吵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 亡沼切 | 初爪切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/miᴇuX/ | /t͡ʃʰˠauX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/miɛuX/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚauX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mjæuX/ | /t͡ʃʰauX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/miawX/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/miɛuX/ | /t͡ʃʰauX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭɛuX/ | /t͡ʃʰauX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi̯ɛuX/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰauX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
miǎo | chǎo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 吵 | 吵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13688 | 13699 |
| Phonetic component |
小 | 小 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
煼 | 眇 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sm̥ʰreːwʔ/ | /*mewʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文訬之分化字 | 雉鳴聲 |
Definitions
吵
Synonyms
- (noisy): (Cantonese) 嘈
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
吵
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