巢

巢

See also: 巣

巢 U+5DE2, 巢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE2 ← 巡 [U+5DE1] CJK Unified Ideographs 巣 → [U+5DE3]

巢 U+2F882, 巢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F882 ← 巡 [U+2F881] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㠯 → [U+2F883]

Translingual

Han character

巢 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 2, page 1098, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5DE2
• Unihan data for U+2F882

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Pictogram (象形) : a baby bird (巛) in a nest (田), which is on top of a tree (木).[1]

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		巢
alternative forms		巣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháo (chao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): châu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): zau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²
    • Yale: cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau⁴
    • Yale: chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sau²
    • Sinological IPA: /sau̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châu
    • Tâi-lô: tsâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zau (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʒˠau/, /d͡ʒˠau^H/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau4	zaau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤraw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːw/, /*zraːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháo
Middle Chinese	‹ dzræw ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁraw/
English	nest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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

Definitions

巢

1. nest

   Synonym: 窩／窝 (wō)

2. a surname

Compounds

卵巢 (luǎncháo) 卵巢炎 (luǎncháoyán) 卵巢癌 (luǎncháo'ái) 巢木居野 巢湖 (Cháohú) 巢父 巢穴 (cháoxué) 巢箱 巢脾 巢鼠 幕上燕巢 有巢氏 橧巢 燕巢 (yàncháo) 燕巢幕上 珠巢 窠巢 (kēcháo) 精巢 (jīngcháo) 老巢 蜂巢 (fēngcháo)

蜂巢胃 (fēngcháowèi) 覆巢破卵 雀巢 香巢 傾巢／倾巢 (qīngcháo) 傾巢出動／倾巢出动 傾巢而出／倾巢而出 卵巢囊腫／卵巢囊肿 (luǎncháo nángzhǒng) 巢傾卵破／巢倾卵破 巢居穴處／巢居穴处 巢毀卵破／巢毁卵破 巢礎／巢础 巢窩／巢窝 巢車／巢车 搆木為巢／构木为巢 歸巢／归巢 烏鵲通巢／乌鹊通巢 燕巢於幕／燕巢于幕 理院鵲巢／理院鹊巢

築巢／筑巢 (zhùcháo) 舊燕歸巢／旧燕归巢 葦苕繫巢／苇苕系巢 覆巢之下無完卵／覆巢之下无完卵 (fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn) 覆巢傾卵／覆巢倾卵 覆巢毀卵／覆巢毁卵 賊巢／贼巢 (zéicháo) 防有鵲巢／防有鹊巢 鳥巢／鸟巢 (niǎocháo) 鳩佔鵲巢／鸠占鹊巢 (jiūzhànquècháo) 鳩僭鵲巢／鸠僭鹊巢 鳩占鵲巢／鸠占鹊巢 鳩奪鵲巢／鸠夺鹊巢 鳩居鵲巢／鸠居鹊巢 鳳還巢／凤还巢 鴉巢生鳳／鸦巢生凤 鵲巢／鹊巢 鵲巢鳩占／鹊巢鸠占 黃巢之亂／黄巢之乱

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		巢
alternative forms		𥊌 巣 皺／皱 鈔／钞

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau⁴
    • Yale: chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

Definitions

巢

1. (Cantonese) wrinkled; wrinkly

   巢皮 [Cantonese]  ―  caau⁴ pei⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  wrinkly skin

Compounds

巢咪𠵼

巢𠵼𠵼

References

1. Chinese-Japanese character dictionary: OK辞典

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Japanese

Shinjitai	巣
Kyūjitai	巢

Kanji

巢

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巣)

1. nest
2. living quarter in tree

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: す (su, 巢); すくう (sukuu, 巢くう)

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Korean

Hanja

巢 • (so) (hangeul 소, McCune–Reischauer so)

1. nest
2. living quarter in tree

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Vietnamese

Han character

巢: Hán Nôm readings: sào

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