梢

梢	U+68A2, 梢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A2

← 梡
[U+68A1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

梣 →
[U+68A3]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

梢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木火月 (DFB), four-corner 4992₇, composition ⿰木肖)

Derived characters

䔠䈾𣻘𦄏

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 530, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14866
Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 1
Unihan data for U+68A2

Chinese

trad.		梢
simp. ^#		梢
alternative forms		萷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梢
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreːw): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹
Jin (Wiktionary): sau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sau / siau

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saau¹
  - Yale: sāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau / siau
  - Tâi-lô: sau / siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saw, siaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/, /siau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/

Note:

sau - literary;
siau - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: sraew

Rime
Character	梢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所交切
Baxter	sraew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʃau/
Wang Li	/ʃau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梢
Reading #	1/1
No.	13710
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/

Definitions

梢

pointed tip of something long like a branch
rudder

Compounds

上梢
下梢
三梢末尾
下梢頭 / 下梢头
喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
報梢 / 报梢
把梢的
掂梢折本
撈梢 / 捞梢
末尾三梢
末梢 (mòshāo)
末梢神經 / 末梢神经
末梢頭 / 末梢头
枝梢
林梢
枷梢
梢人
梢公 (shāogōng)
梢梢
梢棒
梢間 / 梢间
梢雲 / 梢云
梢頭 / 梢头
樹梢 / 树梢 (shùshāo)
沒下梢 / 没下梢
沒梢幹 / 没梢干
盯梢 (dīngshāo)
眉梢 (méishāo)
眼梢
神經末梢 / 神经末梢 (shénjīng mòshāo)
翻梢
腳梢天 / 脚梢天
船梢
謊徹梢虛 / 谎彻梢虚
豆蔻梢頭 / 豆蔻梢头
頭梢 / 头梢
頭梢自領 / 头梢自领

Japanese

Shinjitai	梢
Kyūjitai ^[1]	梢󠄁 梢+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	梢󠄃 梢+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

梢

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

treetop

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: かじ (kaji, 梢)^{←かぢ (kadi, 梢, historical)}、こずえ (kozue, 梢)^{←こずゑ (kozuwe, 梢, historical)}
Nanori: あずさ (azusa)^{←あづさ (adusa, historical)}、こずえ (kozue)、すえ (sue)^{←すゑ (suwe, historical)}、たか (taka)

Compounds

梢(しょう)頭(とう) (shōtō)
花(か)梢(しょう) (kashō)
枯(こ)梢(しょう) (koshō)
黄(こう)梢(しょう) (kōshō)
樹(じゅ)梢(しょう) (jushō)
梅(ばい)梢(しょう) (baishō)
末(まっ)梢(しょう) (masshō)
木(もく)梢(しょう) (mokushō)
林(りん)梢(しょう) (rinshō)
梢(うれ)付(つ)き塔(とう)婆(ば) (uretsuki tōba)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梢
こずえ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
杪

Originally a compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, combining form) +‎ 末 (sue, “tip, end”).

The sue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こずえ [kòzúé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞zɨe̞]

Noun

梢(こずえ) • (kozue) ^{←こずゑ (kozwe)^?}

a treetop
Synonym: 木末 (konure)

Derived terms

梢(こずえ)子(こ) (Kozueko)
梢(こずえ)の秋(あき) (kozue no aki)
梢(こずえ)の嵐(あらし) (kozue no arashi)
梢(こずえ)の雲(くも) (kozue no kumo)
梢(こずえ)の空(そら) (kozue no sora)
梢(こずえ)の床(とこ) (kozue no toko)
梢(こずえ)の夏(なつ) (kozue no natsu)
梢(こずえ)の春(はる) (kozue no haru)
梢(こずえ)の雪(ゆき) (kozue no yuki)
雲(くも)の梢(こずえ) (kumo no kozue)

Proverbs

花(はな)は折(お)りたし梢(こずえ)は高(たか)し (hana wa oritashi kozue wa takashi)

Proper noun

梢(こずえ) • (Kozue) ^{←こずゑ (Kozwe)^?}

a female given name
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梢
しょう Jinmeiyō
goon

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 梢 (MC sraew).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

梢(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←せう (Seu)^?}

a female given name

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1136 (paper), page 619 (digital)
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

梢 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梢: Hán Nôm readings: sao

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[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1136 (paper), page 619 (digital)

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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