簫

簫

See also: 箫

簫 U+7C2B, 簫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C2B ← 簪 [U+7C2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 簬 → [U+7C2C]

Translingual

Traditional	簫
Shinjitai (extended)	簘
Simplified	箫

Han character

簫 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹中X (HLX), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗肅)

References

• KangXi: page 900, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26560
• Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3023, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7C2B

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Chinese

trad.		簫
simp.		箫
alternative forms		簘 箾 𪛕 𱍉 𪛖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ / siou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹
    • Yale: sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
    • Tâi-lô: siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao¹ / siou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³/, /siou³³/

Note:

• siao1 - Shantou;
• siou1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: /seu/

Rime
Character	簫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	簫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ sew ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁiw/
English	pan-pipe
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	簫
Reading #	1/1
No.	12113
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/

Definitions

簫

1. xiao, a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in Chinese traditional and classical music (also called 洞簫／洞箫 (dòngxiāo))
2. a musical instrument like pan-pipes (also called 排簫／排箫 (páixiāo))
3. a surname: Xiao

Compounds

吳市吹簫／吴市吹箫 吹簫／吹箫 (chuīxiāo) 吹簫吳市／吹箫吴市 品簫／品箫 夕陽簫鼓／夕阳箫鼓 夜簫／夜箫

排簫／排箫 (páixiāo) 洞簫／洞箫 (dòngxiāo) 潘神簫／潘神箫 玉簫／玉箫 (yùxiāo) 玉簫聲斷／玉箫声断 短簫／短箫 (duǎnxiāo)

簫管／箫管 簫韶／箫韶 簫韶九成／箫韶九成 簫鼓／箫鼓 (xiāogǔ) 鳳凰簫／凤凰箫 鳳簫／凤箫

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Japanese

Shinjitai	簘
Kyūjitai	簫

Kanji

簫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 簘)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: ふえ (fue, 簫)

Compounds

Compounds

• 簫鼓(しょうこ) (shōko): flutes and drums
• 簫(しょう)の笛(ふえ) (shō no fue): xiao (Chinese flute)
• 長簫(ちょうしょう) (chōshō)
• 洞簫(どうしょう) (dōshō): xiao (Chinese flute)
• 排簫(はいしょう) (haishō)

Kanji in this term
簫
しょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 簫／箫 (sew, “xiao (Chinese flute)”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

簫(しょう) • (shō) ^{←せう (seu)?} (kyūjitai, shinjitai 簘)

1. xiao (Chinese flute)

Usage notes

Synonymous with the longer phrase 簫の笛 (shō no fue, literally “shō flute”).[1] However, given the rarity of this kanji in writing, and the large number of possible single-kanji terms pronounced as shō in Japanese, this longer term that specifies 笛 (“flute”) is used to clarify and disambiguate.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

簫 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

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Compounds

• 短簫

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Vietnamese

Han character

簫: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu, tiu

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