㯥

㯥	U+3BE5, 㯥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3BE5

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[U+3BE4]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

㯦 →
[U+3BE6]

Translingual

Han character

㯥 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木田木田 (DWDW), composition ⿰東東)

Derived characters

𣍘𤒖𨣹

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 555, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1289, character 2
Unihan data for U+3BE5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㯥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 㯥
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáo, zhá, zāo (cao², zha², zao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ, ㄓㄚˊ, ㄗㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
  - Yale: tsáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
  - Palladius: цао (cao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
  - Wade–Giles: cha²
  - Yale: já
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
  - Palladius: чжа (čža)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zao
  - Wade–Giles: tsao¹
  - Yale: dzāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzau
  - Palladius: цзао (czao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cou⁴
  - Yale: chòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/

Definitions

㯥

(same as 曹) a Chinese family name
surrounded
a whole day, a revolution of the sun