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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 156 +5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸竹口 (GOSHR), four-corner 47806, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1216, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37096
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1685, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3484, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8D85

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw, *moːɡ
*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
*taːwʔ, *taːws
*taːws
*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
*deːw
*rteːw, *teːw
*hreːw
*sdew, *tjewʔ
*tʰew
*tʰew, *tʰjew
*tʰew
*dews, *djews
*tjew
*tjew
*tjew
*tjewʔ
*tjews
*tjews
*tjews
*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
*tʰjewʔ
*djew
*djew, *djewʔ
*djew, *lew
*djew
*djew
*djewʔ
*djewʔ
*djewʔ
*djews
*djews
*djews
*teːw
*teːw, *deːw
*teːw
*teːw
*deːw
*deːw
*deːw
*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰew) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *dews, *djews).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (10)
Final () (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈʰˠiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈʰᵚiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶʰiæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈʰiaw/
Li
Rong
/ȶʰjɛu/
Wang
Li
/ȶʰĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶʰi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2123
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰew/

Definitions

  1. to jump over; to leap over
  2. to cross over; to transcend
  3. to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
  4. far; distant
  5. super; really
    好聽 / 好听   chāo hǎotīng   really nice to listen to
  6. super-; hyper-; ultra-
       chāoshì   supermarket
    音速   chāoyīnsù   supersonic
    文本   chāowénběn   hypertext

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Prefix

(hiragana ちょう, romaji chō-)

  1. extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra-
    超音波 (ちょうおんぱ)
    chōonpa
    ultrasound
  2. (slang) super; very
    超好 (ちょうす)
    chō-suki
    to like intensely
     (ちょう)キモい
    chō kimoi
    super disgusting

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(cho)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: cho, McCune-Reischauer: ch'o, Yale: cho)
  • Name (hangeul): 뛰어넘을()
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Vietnamese

Han character

(siêu, sêu)

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