樵

樵

樵 U+6A35, 樵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A35 ← 樴 [U+6A34] CJK Unified Ideographs 樶 → [U+6A36]

Translingual

Han character

樵 (radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木人土火 (DOGF), four-corner 4093₁, composition ⿰木焦)

1. woodcutter
2. firewood
3. gather wood

Derived characters

• 藮, 𡃼

References

• KangXi: page 551, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15489
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1293, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6A35

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		樵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (焦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'iao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziᴇu/▼

Rime
Character	樵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昨焦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樵
Reading #	1/1
No.	6354
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵
Old Chinese	/*zew/

Definitions

樵

1. firewood

Compounds

中山樵 樵夫 (qiáofū) 樵客 樵戶／樵户 樵採／樵采 (qiáocǎi)

樵樓／樵楼 樵歌 樵牧 樵蘇／樵苏 樵蘇不爨／樵苏不爨

樵采 樵隱／樵隐 漁樵記／渔樵记 薪樵 買妻恥樵／买妻耻樵

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Japanese

Kanji

樵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: きこる (kikoru); きこり (kikori)

Noun

樵 (hiragana きこり, rōmaji kikori)

1. lumberjack

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Korean

Hanja

樵 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樵: Hán Nôm readings: tiều

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