肖
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Translingual
Han character
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
References
- 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
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 肖 | ||
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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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
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): sáiu / siéu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiào
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siào
- Wade–Giles: hsiao4
- Yale: syàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ciu3
- Yale: chiu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu3
- Guangdong Romanization: qiu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
- Hakka Romanization System: seu
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu4
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: siauˇ
- Sinological IPA: /siau¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sáiu / siéu
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑu²¹³/, /siɛu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note: sáiu - zodiac animal.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤̍u
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- siao6 - Shantou;
- siou6 - Chaozhou.
- Middle Chinese: sjewH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ew-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*slews/
Definitions
肖
- to resemble
- 不肖 ― bùxiào ― unworthy (literally, “to not resemble (one's parents)”)
- to imitate
- 肖像 ― xiàoxiàng ― portrait
- (dialectal) to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
- (rare) a surname
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 屬 (“to be born in the year of (one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs)”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 像 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 像 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 像 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 像 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 像 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 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, 肖 | |
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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1
- Yale: syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ew/
- (Zhengzhang): /*slew/
Definitions
肖
Etymology 3
Second round simplified form of 蕭/萧 (xiāo).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau1
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1
- Yale: syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
- Palladius: сяо (sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu1
- Yale: sīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu1
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- siao1 - Shantou;
- siou1 - Chaozhou.
Definitions
肖
Usage notes
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
For pronunciation and definitions of 肖 – see 蕭. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蕭). |
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