㯥

㯥 U+3BE5, 㯥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3BE5 ← 㯤 [U+3BE4] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㯦 → [U+3BE6]

Translingual

Han character

㯥 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木田木田 (DWDW), composition ⿰東東)

Derived characters

• 𣍘 𤒖 𨣹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 555, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1289, character 2
• Unihan data for U+3BE5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㯥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 㯥
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáo, zhá, zāo (cao², zha², zao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ, ㄓㄚˊ, ㄗㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
    • Wade–Giles: cha²
    • Yale: já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zao
    • Wade–Giles: tsao¹
    • Yale: dzāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzau
    • Palladius: цзао (czao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cou⁴
    • Yale: chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/

Definitions

㯥

1. (same as 曹) a Chinese family name
2. surrounded
3. a whole day, a revolution of the sun