莦

莦

莦 U+83A6, 莦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A6 ← 莥 [U+83A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 莧 → [U+83A7]

Translingual

Han character

莦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿火月 (TFB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹肖)

References

• KangXi: page 1035, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31073
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3217, character 10
• Unihan data for U+83A6

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Chinese

trad.		莦
simp. #		莦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莦
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): saau¹

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇu/, /ʃˠau/

Rime
Character	莦	莦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	相邀切	所交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu/	/ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu/	/ʃᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu/	/ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw/	/ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/siɛu/	/ʃau/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu/	/ʃau/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu/	/ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	shāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	saau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/, /*sew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莦	莦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13723	13752
Phonetic component	肖	肖
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢	宵
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/	/*sew/

Definitions

莦

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Japanese

Kanji

莦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}; そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: みだれる (midareru, 莦れる)