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巢
巢
See also: 巣
Translingual
Han character
巢 (radical 47 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女女田木 (VVWD), four-corner 32904, composition ⿱巛果)
References
- KangXi: page 324, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
- Dae Jaweon: page 625, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1098, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5DE2
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 巢
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (巢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 璅 | *ʔslaːwʔ |
| 繅 | *ʔslaːwʔ, *slaːw |
| 薻 | *ʔslaːwʔ |
| 罺 | *ʔsraːw, *sʰraːws |
| 摷 | *ʔsraːw, *raːw |
| 勦 | *sʰraːw, *zraːw, *ʔslawʔ |
| 巢 | *zraːw, *zraːws |
| 轈 | *zraːw |
| 樔 | *zraːw |
| 鄛 | *zraːw |
| 剿 | *ʔslawʔ |
| 漅 | *ʔslawʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàu
- Min Nan (POJ): châu
- Wu (Wiktionary): zau (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: caau4
- Yale: chàauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàu
- Hakka Romanization System: sauˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sau2
- IPA: /sa̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châu
- Tâi-lô: tsâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʊ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡saʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saʊ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zau (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ɔ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 巢 | 巢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 鉏交切 | 士稍切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʒˠau/ | /d͡ʒˠauH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖ͡ʐᵚau/ | /ɖ͡ʐᵚauH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʒau/ | /d͡ʒauH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖ͡ʐaɨw/ | /ɖ͡ʐaɨwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ʒau/ | /d͡ʒauH/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡ʒau/ | /d͡ʒauH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɖ͡ʐʱau/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱauH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cháo | zhào |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
cháo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzræw › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[dz]ˤraw/ |
| English | nest |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 巢 | 巢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1295 | 1300 |
| Phonetic component |
巢 | 巢 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
巢 | 巢 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zraːw/ | /*zraːws/ |
| Notes | 士原誤爲七依校本 | |
Etymology 1
|
simp. and trad. |
巢 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 巣 | |
Definitions
巢
Compounds
Etymology 2
|
simp. and trad. |
巢 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms |
巣 皺／皱 鈔／钞 |
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Definitions
巢
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
巢
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巣)
- nest
- living quarter in tree
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
巢 (sào)
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