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肖

肖 U+8096, 肖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8096
← 肕
[U+8095] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 肗 →
[U+8097]

Translingual

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Han character

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Stroke order
 

肖 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火月 (FB), four-corner 90227, composition ⿱⺌月(GHJ) or ⿱⺌⺼(T) or ⿱小月(K))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 973, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29263
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2045, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8096

Chinese

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trad. 肖
simp. # 肖
alternative forms 宵 “to resemble”

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 肖
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
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 *slew, *slews) : phonetic 小 (OC *smewʔ) + semantic 肉 (“meat”).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note: sáiu - zodiac animal.
Note:
  • siao6 - Shantou;
  • siou6 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 肖
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 宵 (91)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 私妙切
    Baxter sjewH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/siᴇuH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/siɛuH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/sjæuH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/siawH/
    Li
    Rong         		/siɛuH/
    Wang
    Li         		/sĭɛuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/si̯ɛuH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xiào
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		siu3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 肖
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xiào
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sjewH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[s]ew-s/
    English resemble

    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 肖
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 13755
    Phonetic
    component         		肖
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		𥬇
    Old
    Chinese         		/*slews/
    Notes 從肉小會消瘠意，
    小非聲，與後起從肉肖聲翟聲字同源

    Definitions

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    肖

    1. to resemble
      不肖  ―  bùxiào  ―  unworthy (literally, “to not resemble (one's parents)”)
    2. to imitate
      肖像  ―  xiàoxiàng  ―  portrait
    3. (dialectal) to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
    4. (rare) a surname
    Synonyms
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    Dialectal synonyms of 屬 (“to be born in the year of (one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 屬
    Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 屬
    Singapore 屬
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 屬
    Wanrong 屬
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 屬
    Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 屬
    Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 屬
    Cantonese Hong Kong 屬
    Gan Nanchang 屬
    Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 肖
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 肖
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 肖
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 肖
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 肖
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 肖
    Huizhou Jixi 肖
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 肖
    Southern Min Xiamen 相
    Quanzhou 相
    Zhangzhou 相
    Tainan 相
    Penang (Hokkien) 相
    Singapore (Hokkien) 相
    Jieyang 相
    Haikou 席
    Wu Ningbo 肖
    Wenzhou 肖
    Jinhua 肖, 屬
    Dialectal synonyms of 像 (“to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 似
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 像
    Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 像
    Malaysia 像
    Singapore 像
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 像
    Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 像
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 像
    Wuhan 像
    Guilin 像
    Cantonese Guangzhou 似
    Hong Kong 似
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 似
    Singapore (Guangfu) 似
    Gan Nanchang 像
    Lichuan 像
    Jin Taiyuan 像
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 像
    Southern Min Xiamen 像
    Taipei 像
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 像
    Kaohsiung 像
    Yilan 像
    Changhua (Lukang) 像
    Taichung 像
    Tainan 像
    Hsinchu 像
    Kinmen 像
    Penghu (Magong) 像
    Singapore (Hokkien) 𫝛, macam
    Chaozhou 然
    Shantou 然
    Jieyang 然
    Puning 肖
    Singapore (Teochew) 然, macam
    Batam (Teochew) 然, macam
    Haikou 像
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 像
    Wu Danyang 像
    Ningbo 像, 像人家, 像家

    Compounds

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    Etymology 2

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    Pronunciation

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    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 肖
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xiāo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sjew ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[s]ew/
    English disappear

    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 肖
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 13754
    Phonetic
    component         		肖
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		宵
    Old
    Chinese         		/*slew/
    Notes 見莊子史記

    Definitions

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    肖

    1. (obsolete) to decline; to wane

    Etymology 3

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    Second round simplified form of 蕭／萧 (xiāo).

    Pronunciation

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    Note:
    • siao1 - Shantou;
    • siou1 - Chaozhou.

      Definitions

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      肖

      1. a surname
        肖戰／肖战  ―  Xiāo Zhàn  ―  Xiao Zhan
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      The surnames 肖 and 蕭／萧 (xiāo) were originally distinct, and 肖 was a rare surname. In Mainland China, 蕭／萧 was simplified to 肖 in the second round of Chinese character simplification promulgated in 1977. Though the second round of simplification was officially rescinded in 1986, many individuals in Mainland China originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo) but had their surname simplified to 肖 did not change their surname back to 蕭／萧 (Xiāo). Most individuals who bear the surname 肖 (Xiāo) now were in fact originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo) or descended from individuals originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).

      Etymology 4

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      For pronunciation and definitions of 肖 – see 蕭.
      (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蕭).
      Notes:

      Japanese

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      Shinjitai 肖
      Kyūjitai
      [1]
      肖󠄁
      肖+&#xE0101;?
      (Adobe-Japan1)             		 
      肖󠄃
      肖+&#xE0103;?
      (Hanyo-Denshi)
      (Moji_Joho)
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      Kanji

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      肖

      (Jōyō kanji)

      1. resemble
      2. imitate

      Readings

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      Affix

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      Kanji in this term
      肖
      しょう
      Grade: S
      on'yomi

      肖(しょう) • (shō) 

      1. image; likeness

      References

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      1. ^ “肖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

      Korean

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      Hanja

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      肖 • (cho, so) (hangeul 초, 소, revised cho, so, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, so, Yale cho, so)

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      Vietnamese

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      肖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu, tiếu

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