Definify.com
Definition 2025
簫
簫
Translingual
Han character
簫 (radical 118 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹中X (HLX), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱⺮肅)
References
- KangXi: page 900, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26560
- Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3023, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7C2B
Chinese
| trad. | 簫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 箫 | |
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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: hsiao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: siu1
- Yale: sīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu1
- IPA (key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
- Hakka Romanization System: seu´
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu1
- IPA: /se̯u²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
- Tâi-lô: siau
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 簫 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 簫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiāo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sew › |
| Old Chinese |
/*sˤiw/ |
| English | pan-pipe |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 簫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12113 |
| Phonetic component |
肅 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
蕭 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sɯːw/ |
Noun
簫
- xiao, a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in Chinese traditional and classical music (also called 洞簫／洞箫 (dòngxiāo))
- a musical instrument like pan-pipes (also called 排簫／排箫 (páixiāo))
Proper noun
簫
- A surname: Xiao
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
Compounds
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 簫 |
|
しょう Hyōgaiji |
| on'yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 簫 (sew, “xiao (Chinese flute)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
簫 (hiragana しょう, romaji shō, historical hiragana せう)
- xiao (Chinese flute)
Usage notes
Synonymous with the longer phrase 簫の笛 (shō no fue, literally “shō flute”).[1] However, given the rarity of this kanji in writing, and the large number of possible single-kanji terms pronounced as shō in Japanese, this longer term that specifies 笛 (“flute”) is used to clarify and disambiguate.
References
Korean
Hanja
簫 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune-Reischauer so, Yale so)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.