䜈

See also: 𧭄

䜈	U+4708, 䜈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4708

← 䜇
[U+4707]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䜉 →
[U+4709]

Translingual

Han character

䜈 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜口女女木 (YRVVD), four-corner 0269₄, composition ⿰訁巢)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1178, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4016, character 2
Unihan data for U+4708

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䜈

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 巢 (OC *zraːw, *zraːws).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao¹
  - Yale: chāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
  - Palladius: чао (čao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsrhaew

Rime
Character	䜈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚交切
Baxter	tsrhaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰau/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau¹

Definitions

䜈

(alt. form 勦／剿) (Classical) to (presume to) speak on behalf of someone

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䜈 – see 𦗔. (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 𦗔).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C13258