梢

梢	U+68A2, 梢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A2

← 梡
[U+68A1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

梣 →
[U+68A3]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

梢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木火月 (DFB), four-corner 4992₇, composition ⿰木肖)

Derived characters

䔠䈾

References

KangXi: page 530, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14866

Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 1

Unihan data for U+68A2

Chinese

trad.		梢
simp. ^#		梢
alternative forms		萷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	sreːw, sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	sreːw, slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	sreːw, sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	sreːw, sew
綃	sreːw, sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	sreːw, sew
娋	sreːw, sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	sreːws, sʰews, *sew
揱	sreːwɢs, slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	slew, slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	seːw, sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sreːw) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹
Jin (Wiktionary): sau¹
Min Nan (POJ): sau / siau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shao
  - Wade–Giles: shao¹
  - Yale: shāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
  - Palladius: шао (šao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saau¹
  - Yale: sāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau / siau
  - Tâi-lô: sau / siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saw, siaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁴⁴/, /ɕiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/, /ɕiau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/, /ɕiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sau⁴⁴/, /ɕiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/, /ɕiau⁴⁴/

Note:

sau - literary;
siau - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /ʃˠau/

Rime
Character	梢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʃau/
Wang Li	/ʃau/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梢
Reading #	1/1
No.	13710
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/

Definitions

梢

pointed tip of something long like a branch
rudder

Compounds

Derived terms from 梢

三梢末尾
上梢
下梢
喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
把梢的
掂梢折本
末尾三梢
末梢 (mòshāo)
林梢
枝梢
枷梢
梢人
梢公 (shāogōng)

梢梢
梢棒
盯梢 (dīngshāo)
眉梢 (méishāo)
眼梢
翻梢
船梢
下梢頭／下梢头
報梢／报梢
撈梢／捞梢
末梢神經／末梢神经
末梢頭／末梢头

梢間／梢间
梢雲／梢云
梢頭／梢头
樹梢／树梢 (shùshāo)
沒下梢／没下梢
沒梢幹／没梢干
神經末梢／神经末梢 (shénjīng mòshāo)
腳梢天／脚梢天
謊徹梢虛／谎彻梢虚
豆蔻梢頭／豆蔻梢头
頭梢／头梢
頭梢自領／头梢自领

Japanese

Shinjitai	梢
Kyūjitai [1]	梢󠄁 梢+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	梢󠄃 梢+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

梢

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

treetop

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: かじ (kaji, 梢)^{←かぢ (kadi, historical)}; こずえ (kozue, 梢)^{←こずゑ (kozuwe, historical)}
Nanori: あずさ (azusa)^{←あづさ (adusa, historical)}; こずえ (kozue); すえ (sue)^{←すゑ (suwe, historical)}; たか (taka)

Compounds

梢(しょう)頭(とう) (shōtō)
花(か)梢(しょう) (kashō)
枯(こ)梢(しょう) (koshō)
黄(こう)梢(しょう) (kōshō)
樹(じゅ)梢(しょう) (jushō)
梅(ばい)梢(しょう) (baishō)
末(まっ)梢(しょう) (masshō)
木(もく)梢(しょう) (mokushō)
林(りん)梢(しょう) (rinshō)
梢(うれ)付(つ)き塔(とう)婆(ば) (uretsuki tōba)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梢
こずえ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Originally a compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, combining form) +‎ 末 (sue, “tip, end”).

The sue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

杪

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) こずえ [kòzúé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞zɨᵝe̞]

Noun

梢(こずえ) • (kozue) ^{←こずゑ (kozuwe)^?}

a treetop
Synonym: 木末 (konure)

Derived terms

梢(こずえ)子(こ) (Kozueko)
梢(こずえ)の秋(あき) (kozue no aki)
梢(こずえ)の嵐(あらし) (kozue no arashi)
梢(こずえ)の雲(くも) (kozue no kumo)
梢(こずえ)の空(そら) (kozue no sora)
梢(こずえ)の床(とこ) (kozue no toko)
梢(こずえ)の夏(なつ) (kozue no natsu)
梢(こずえ)の春(はる) (kozue no haru)
梢(こずえ)の雪(ゆき) (kozue no yuki)
雲(くも)の梢(こずえ) (kumo no kozue)

Proverbs

花(はな)は折(お)りたし梢(こずえ)は高(たか)し (hana wa oritashi kozue wa takashi)

Proper noun

梢(こずえ) • (Kozue) ^{←こずゑ (kozuwe)^?}

a female given name
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梢
しょう Jinmeiyō
goon

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 梢 (MC ʃˠau).

Proper noun

梢(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←せう (seu)^?}

a female given name

References

1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1136 (paper), page 619 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

梢 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梢: Hán Nôm readings: sao

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[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1136 (paper), page 619 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN