瑣

See also: 琐

瑣 U+7463, 瑣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7463 ← 瑢 [U+7462] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑤 → [U+7464]

Translingual

Han character

瑣 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土火月金 (MGFBC), four-corner 1918₆, composition ⿰𤣩𧴪)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 738, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21147
• Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1130, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7463

Chinese

trad.		瑣
simp.		琐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鎖	*soːlʔ
瑣	*soːlʔ
溑	*soːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒ (suo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): só

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒ
    • Wade–Giles: so³
    • Yale: swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoo
    • Palladius: со (so)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so²
    • Yale: só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só
    • Tâi-lô: só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /so⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /so⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: swaX

Rime
Character	瑣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇果切
Baxter	swaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/suɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/suɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swaX/
Li Rong	/suɑX/
Wang Li	/suɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/suɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*soːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瑣	瑣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suǒ	suǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ swaX ›	‹ swaX ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁojʔ/	/*[s]ˁojʔ/
English	chain	small, fragment
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑣
Reading #	1/1
No.	12206
Phonetic component	瑣
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鎖
Old Chinese	/*soːlʔ/
Notes	轉註加玉

Definitions

瑣

1. petty; trivial; insignificant
2. low; base
3. ^† Original form of 鎖／锁 (suǒ, “chain; lock”).
4. ^† chain-like pattern
5. ^‡ sound of jade; fragments of jade
6. a surname

Compounds

• 北夢瑣言／北梦琐言
• 委瑣／委琐
• 孱瑣／孱琐
• 嵬瑣／嵬琐
• 煩瑣／烦琐 (fánsuǒ)
• 猥瑣／猥琐 (wěisuǒ)
• 瑣事／琐事 (suǒshì)
• 瑣務／琐务 (suǒwù)
• 瑣尾流離／琐尾流离
• 瑣屑／琐屑 (suǒxiè)
• 瑣才／琐才
• 瑣瑣／琐琐
• 瑣碎／琐碎 (suǒsuì)
• 瑣窗／琐窗
• 瑣細／琐细 (suǒxì)
• 瑣聞／琐闻
• 瑣賤／琐贱
• 瑣闈／琐闱
• 瑣闥／琐闼
• 繁瑣／繁琐 (fánsuǒ)
• 聯瑣／联琐

 

Japanese

Kanji

瑣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa)
• Kun: ちいさい (chīsai)

Compounds

• 瑣事(さじ) (saji)
• 瑣末(さまつ) (samatsu)
• 煩瑣(はんさ) (hansa)

Korean

Hanja

瑣 • (swae) (hangeul 쇄, revised swae, McCune–Reischauer swae, Yale sway)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瑣: Hán Nôm readings: tỏa/toả

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