杪

Translingual edit

Han character edit

杪 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木火竹 (DFH), four-corner 4992₀, composition ⿰木少)

Derived characters edit

𣶲

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14490
Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1168, character 9
Unihan data for U+676A

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		杪

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
觘	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
抄	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
訬	sm̥ʰreːw, mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	sm̥ʰreːwʔ, mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	mewʔ, mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	hmjewʔ, hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	senʔ, smos

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
  - Wade–Giles: miao³
  - Yale: myǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁵
  - Yale: míuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjiewX

Rime
Character	杪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡沼切
Baxter	mjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw^X/
Li Rong	/miɛu^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	杪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mjiew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ewʔ/
English	the utmost end
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	杪
Reading #	1/1
No.	13697
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	眇
Old Chinese	/*mewʔ/

Definitions edit

杪

(literary) tip of a branch; top of a tree
(literary) end (of a month, year, or season)
(literary) minute; slight

Compounds edit

月杪 (yuèmiǎo)
木杪
末杪年
杪季
杪小 (miǎoxiǎo)
杪忽
杪曶
林杪
杪秋
樹杪／树杪
歲杪／岁杪

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

杪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings edit

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
Kun: こずえ (kozue, 杪)

Noun edit

Kanji in this term
杪
こずえ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 杪 – see the following entry.

【梢こずえ】J

[noun] a treetop

[proper noun] a female given name

[proper noun] a surname

(This term, 杪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

杪 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

杪: Hán Nôm readings: diễu, miểu

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References edit

Nom Foundation