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漕
漕
Translingual
Han character
漕 (radical 85 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水廿田日 (ETWA), four-corner 35166, composition ⿰氵曹)
- transport by water
- canal transportation
References
- KangXi: page 645, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18131
- Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1718, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6F15
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
漕 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 漕
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (曹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 遭 | *ʔsluː |
| 糟 | *ʔsluː |
| 醩 | *ʔsluːu |
| 傮 | *ʔsluː |
| 槽 | *ʔsluː, *zluː |
| 曹 | *zluː |
| 螬 | *zluː |
| 漕 | *zluː, *zluːs |
| 嘈 | *zluː |
| 艚 | *zluː |
| 褿 | *zluː |
| 蓸 | *zluː |
| 慒 | *lju, *zluːŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: ts'ao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cou4
- Yale: chòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 漕 | 漕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 昨勞切 | 在到切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zɑu/ | /d͡zɑuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zɑu/ | /d͡zɑuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zɑu/ | /d͡zɑuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zaw/ | /d͡zawH/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡zɑu/ | /d͡zɑuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zɑu/ | /d͡zɑuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱɑu/ | /d͡zʱɑuH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cáo | zào |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 漕 | 漕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1157 | 1162 |
| Phonetic component |
曹 | 曹 |
| Rime group |
幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
曹 | 漕 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zluː/ | /*zluːs/ |
Definitions
漕
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Japanese
Kanji
漕
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
漕 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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