仯

仯	U+4EEF, 仯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EEF

← 仮
[U+4EEE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

仰 →
[U+4EF0]

Translingual

Han character

仯 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人火竹 (OFH), composition ⿰亻少)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 399
Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 6
Unihan data for U+4EEF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觘	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
抄	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
訬	sm̥ʰreːw, mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	sm̥ʰreːwʔ, mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	mewʔ, mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	hmjewʔ, hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	senʔ, smos

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chào (chao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chào
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chào
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao⁴
  - Yale: chàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaw
  - Palladius: чао (čao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caau³
  - Yale: chaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: tsrhaewH

Rime
Character	仯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	初敎切
Baxter	tsrhaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠau^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰau^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰau^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰau^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰau^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sm̥ʰreːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13692
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	抄
Old Chinese	/*sm̥ʰreːws/

Definitions

仯

child
tiny
alternative form of 㑳 / 㑇 (“stubborn”)

Compounds

仯偳 (chàoduān)

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 63

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仯 – see 眇 (“to be blind; to squint; to peer; to examine carefully; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 眇).

Japanese

Kanji

仯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}、みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}、びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
Kun: さいさま (saisama)、ちいさい (chīsai, 仯さい)