U+5AC2, 嫂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AC2

[U+5AC1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5AC3]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女竹難水 (VHXE), four-corner 47447, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6603
  • Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1066, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5AC2

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *suːwʔ) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *suːʔ)

Etymology 1

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Note:
  • so2 - vernacular;
  • sao2 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter sawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/sɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sawX/
Li
Rong
/sɑuX/
Wang
Li
/sɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12065
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*suːwʔ/

Definitions

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  1. sister-in-law (older brother's wife)
  2. friend's wife

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Thai: ซ้อ (sɔ́ɔ)
  • Tagalog: inso

Etymology 2

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Definitions

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  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) Alternative form of soc

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. elder brother's wife

Readings

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  • Go-on: そう ()さう (sau, historical)
  • Kan-on: そう ()さう (sau, historical)
  • Kun: あによめ (aniyome)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC sawX). Recorded as Middle Korean 수〯 (swǔ) (Yale: swu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 형수 (hyeongsu su))

  1. hanja form? of (sister-in-law; elder brother's wife)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu, dâu

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