彇

彇	U+5F47, 彇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F47

← 彆
[U+5F46]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彈 →
[U+5F48]

Translingual

Han character

彇 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓中難 (NLX), composition ⿰弓肅)

bent place at end of bow

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 41
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9861
Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1003, character 8
Unihan data for U+5F47

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彇

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

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): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu¹
  - Yale: sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sew

Rime
Character	彇
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
Baxter	sew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彇
Reading #	1/1
No.	12117
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/
Notes	釋名作簫

Definitions

彇

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References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 105

Japanese

Kanji

彇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): よう (yō)
Kun: ゆわず (yuwazu)