肇

Han character edit

肇 (Kangxi radical 129, 聿+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中手 (HKLQ) or 戈大中手 (IKLQ), four-corner 3850₇, composition ⿱𢼄聿)

Derived characters edit

• 𬑷, 𬢅

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 972, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29228
• Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3168, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8087

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dawʔ) : phonetic 肁 (OC *dawʔ) + semantic 攵 (“hand action”)

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

肇

1. (literary) to commence; to start; to begin
2. (literary) to cause
3. Short for 肇慶／肇庆 (Zhàoqìng, “Zhaoqing”).

   廣肇會館／广肇会馆  ―  Guǎng Zhào huìguǎn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds edit

Shinjitai	肇
Kyūjitai [1]	肇󠄁 肇+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	肇󠄃 肇+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. begin, start

Readings edit

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: ただす (tadasu, 肇す); はじめて (hajimete, 肇めて); はじめる (hajimeru, 肇める)
• Nanori: こと (koto); ただ (tada); ただし (tadashi); とし (toshi); なが (naga); はじめ (hajime); はじむ (hajimu); はつ (hatsu)

Proper noun edit

肇(はじめ) • (Hajime) 

1. a male given name

References edit

Hanja edit

肇 • (jo) (hangeul 조, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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