燥

燥

燥 U+71E5, 燥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71E5 ← 燤 [U+71E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 燦 → [U+71E6]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

燥 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火口口木 (FRRD), four-corner 9689₄, composition ⿰火喿)

Derived characters

• 𭟡

References

• KangXi: page 684, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19467
• Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2240, character 19
• Unihan data for U+71E5

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Chinese

trad.		燥
simp. #		燥

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
藻	*ʔsaːwʔ
澡	*ʔslaːwʔ
璪	*ʔsaːwʔ
繰	*ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁	*ʔsaːws
趮	*ʔsaːws
操	*sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧	*sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆	*sʰaːwʔ
鄵	*sʰaːws
鐰	*zaːw, *sʰaw
臊	*saːw, *saːws
鱢	*saːw
燥	*saːwʔ, *saːws
噪	*saːws
髞	*saːws
喿	*saːws
譟	*saːws
劋	*ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾	*soːwʔ, *srow

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *saːwʔ, *saːws) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zào (zao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): cao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châu
• Min Nan (POJ): sò / sò͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): sau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zào
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zào
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴
    • Yale: dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaw
    • Palladius: цзао (czao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou³
    • Yale: chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sau̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
    • Tâi-lô: sò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soix
    • IPA (Taipei): /so¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/

Note:

• sò/sò͘ - literary;
• sò - vernacular (Quanzhou).

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sau (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑu^X/

Rime
Character	燥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇老切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sawX/
Li Rong	/sɑuX/
Wang Li	/sɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.sˤawʔ-s/, /*C.sˤawʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*saːwʔ/, /*saːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燥	燥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sào	zào
Middle Chinese	‹ sawH ›	‹ sawX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.sˁawʔ-s/	/*C.sˁawʔ/
English	dry	dry
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	燥	燥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16580	16581
Phonetic component	喿	喿
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	㛮
Old Chinese	/*saːwʔ/	/*saːws/

Definitions

燥

1. dry; parched; arid

   乾燥／干燥  ―  gānzào  ―  dry

2. ^† Alternative form of 躁 (“quick-tempered; anxious”).

   急燥  ―  jízào  ―  anxious

3. (traditional Chinese medicine, Min Nan, of food or medicine) fiery

Compounds

卬燥 暴燥 暴燥如雷 枯燥 (kūzào) 炙冰使燥 炮燥 燠燥 燥不搭的 燥屎 燥灼 燥皮

燥脾 爆燥 爆燥如雷 辣燥 高燥 乾燥／干燥 (gānzào) 乾燥劑／干燥剂 乾燥器／干燥器 乾燥機／干燥机 (gānzàojī) 乾燥氣候／干燥气候 乾燥箱／干燥箱

乾燥花／干燥花 口乾舌燥／口干舌燥 (kǒugānshézào) 口燥脣乾／口燥唇干 天乾物燥／天干物燥 推燥居濕／推燥居湿 枯燥無味／枯燥无味 熱燥／热燥 燥溼／燥湿 燥熱／燥热 (zàorè) 鱉燥／鳖燥

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燥):

• → Japanese: 燥(そう) (sō)
• → Korean: 조(燥) (jo)
• → Vietnamese: táo (燥)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: ráo (𫧭, “be dried up”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sào (sao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): sò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sào
    • Wade–Giles: sao⁴
    • Yale: sàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saw
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
    • Tâi-lô: sò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /so²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /so²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /so¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ²¹/

Definitions

燥

1. minced meat

Compounds

燥子

肉燥 (ròusào)

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Japanese

Kanji

燥

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. parch; dry up

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かわく (kawaku, 燥く); はしゃぐ (hashagu, 燥ぐ)

Compounds

• 乾燥(かんそう) (kansō): dry; arid; insipid; dehydrated

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Korean

Hanja

燥 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

1. (마를 조, mareul): to be dry

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Vietnamese

Han character

燥: Hán Nôm readings: táo, ráo

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