稍

稍	U+7A0D, 稍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A0D

← 稌
[U+7A0C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

税 →
[U+7A0E]

Translingual

Han character

稍 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木火月 (HDFB), four-corner 2992₇, composition ⿰禾肖)

Derived characters

𠿀潲蕱𥳓

References

KangXi: page 854, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25083
Dae Jaweon: page 1279, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2606, character 5
Unihan data for U+7A0D

Chinese

trad.		稍
simp. ^#		稍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 稍
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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sau / siau
(Teochew, Peng'im): ciao² / ciou²
Wu (Wiktionary): sau (T1)

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: saau²
  - Yale: sáau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
  - Tâi-lô: sau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
  - Tâi-lô: siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiau⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciao² / ciou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáu / tshióu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiau⁵²/, /t͡sʰiou⁵²/

Note:

ciao2 - Shantou;
ciou2 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sau (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ʃˠau^H/

Rime
Character	稍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所敎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw^H/
Li Rong	/ʃau^H/
Wang Li	/ʃau^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂau^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s](ˤ)rew-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*sreːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shào
Middle Chinese	‹ sræw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[s](ˁ)rew-s/
English	rations
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	稍
Reading #	1/1
No.	13725
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	稍
Old Chinese	/*sreːws/

Definitions

稍

a little, slightly
請稍等／请稍等 ― qǐng shāoděng ― please wait a moment
rather
"siyah", stiffened end of the composite bow
大稍弓 ― dàshāogōng ― Ming dynasty Large-Ear bow
小稍弓 ― xiǎoshāogōng ― Ming dynasty Small-Ear bow

Compounds

吊稍
末尾三稍
眊眊稍稍
稍事
稍候 (shāohòu)
稍微 (shāowēi)
稍息 (shàoxī)
稍房
稍稍 (shāoshāo)

稍袋
稍食
花稍
廩稍／廪稍
稍勝一籌／稍胜一筹
稍占上風／稍占上风
稍後／稍后 (shāohòu)
稍瓜打驢／稍瓜打驴

稍縱即逝／稍纵即逝 (shāozòngjíshì)
稍許／稍许 (shāoxǔ)
稍遜一籌／稍逊一筹 (shāoxùnyīchóu)
稍長膽壯／稍长胆壮
脫稍兒／脱稍儿
腳稍／脚稍
頭稍／头稍
頭稍自領／头稍自领

Japanese

Kanji

稍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: やや (yaya, 稍); ようやく (yōyaku, 稍く)

Adverb

稍(やや) • (yaya)

slightly

Korean

Hanja

稍 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

稍: Hán Nôm readings: sảo, rảo, xao

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