漕

漕 U+6F15, 漕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F15 ← 演 [U+6F14] CJK Unified Ideographs 漖 → [U+6F16]

Translingual

Han character

漕 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水廿田日 (ETWA), four-corner 3516₆, composition ⿰氵曹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 645, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18131
• Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1718, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6F15

Chinese

simp. and trad.		漕
alternative forms		𤅍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漕
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
遭	*ʔsluː
糟	*ʔsluː
醩	*ʔsluːu
傮	*ʔsluː
槽	*ʔsluː, *zluː
曹	*zluː
螬	*zluː
漕	*zluː, *zluːs
嘈	*zluː
艚	*zluː
褿	*zluː
蓸	*zluː
慒	*lju, *zluːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zluː, *zluːs) : phonetic 曹 (OC *zluː) + semantic 氵 (“water”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
    • Yale: tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
    • Palladius: цао (cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou⁴
    • Yale: chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chô
    • Tâi-lô: tsô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzaw, dzawH

Rime
Character	漕	漕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	昨勞切	在到切
Baxter	dzaw	dzawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑu/	/d͡zɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑu/	/d͡zɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑu/	/d͡zɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaw/	/d͡zawH/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑu/	/d͡zɑuH/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑu/	/d͡zɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑu/	/d͡zʱɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáo	zào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou4	zou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zluː/, /*zluːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漕	漕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1157	1162
Phonetic component	曹	曹
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	曹	漕
Old Chinese	/*zluː/	/*zluːs/

Definitions

漕

1. to transport grain by water
2. canal; waterway

Compounds

• 漕河 (cáohé)
• 漕渠 (cáoqú)
• 漕米
• 漕糧／漕粮 (cáoliáng)
• 漕轉／漕转
• 漕運／漕运 (cáoyùn)
• 轉漕／转漕
• 運漕／运漕

 

Japanese

Kanji

漕

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. rowing
2. scull
3. paddle

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: こぐ (kogu, 漕ぐ); はこぶ (hakobu, 漕ぶ)

Compounds

• 漕(そう)運(うん) (sōun)
• 漕(そう)手(しゅ) (sōshu)
• 漕(そう)艇(てい) (sōtei)
• 漕(そう)法(ほう) (sōhō)
• 運(うん)漕(そう) (unsō)
• 廻(かい)漕(そう), 回(かい)漕(そう) (kaisō)
• 競(きょう)漕(そう) (kyōsō)
• 転(てん)漕(そう) (tensō)
• 力(りき)漕(そう) (rikisō)

 

Korean

Hanja

漕 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

漕: Hán Nôm readings: tảo

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References

• Nom Foundation