捎

捎 U+634E, 捎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-634E ← 捍 [U+634D] CJK Unified Ideographs 捏 → [U+634F]

Translingual

Han character

捎 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手火月 (QFB), four-corner 5902₇, composition ⿰扌肖)

Derived characters

• 𰱬, 䈰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12148
• Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1881, character 4
• Unihan data for U+634E

Chinese

trad.		捎
simp. #		捎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 捎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sau¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sêu

  (Hailu, HRS): shau^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): sau¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sáu
• Eastern Min (BUC): să / său / sĕu / siĕu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sao¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sa / sau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou¹ / siao¹ / sao¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹sau / ¹siau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shao
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹
    • Yale: shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: saau¹
    • Yale: sāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shau^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃau⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sau⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: să / său / sĕu / siĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵⁵/, /sau⁵⁵/, /sɛu⁵⁵/, /sieu⁵⁵/

Note:

• să - vernacular - "to search", "to dredge";
• său - literary - "harsh, unforgiving";
• sĕu/siĕu - literary - "to stir thoroughly".

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sao¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬau⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬau⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa
    • Tâi-lô: sa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
    • Tâi-lô: sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/
Note:
• sa - vernacular;
• sau - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou¹ / siao¹ / sao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou / siau / sau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou³³/, /siau³³/, /sau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sau
    • MiniDict: sau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹siau
    • MiniDict: siau^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /siæ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sraew

Rime
Character	捎
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所交切
Baxter	sraew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʃau/
Wang Li	/ʃau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捎
Reading #	1/2
No.	13711
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/

Definitions

捎

1. to take something to somebody; to bring; to give; to deliver
2. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) to take; to grab; to seize; to grope; to snatch
3. (Eastern Min) to search

   Synonyms: 尋 / 寻 (sìng), 討 / 讨 (tō̤), 撈 / 捞, 揣

4. (Eastern Min) to dredge or scoop out of water indiscriminately

   Synonym: 撈 / 捞

5. (Eastern Min, of words) harsh, unforgiving
6. (Matsu Eastern Min) to stir thoroughly
7. (Northern Wu, Suzhounese) to turn, to rotate
8. (Northern Wu, Suzhounese) to lay (an egg)
9. (literary) to brush; to stroke; to touch lightly
10. (literary) to lift up; to raise up
11. (literary) to cut off; to excise

Synonyms

• (to cut off): 割除 (gēchú)

Compounds

• 捎勾
• 捎子
• 捎帶 / 捎带 (shāodài)
• 捎捎叫
• 捎腳 / 捎脚
• 捎話 / 捎话 (shāohuà)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shào (shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ

• Jin (Wiktionary): sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shào
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴
    • Yale: shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau⁴⁵/

Definitions

捎

1. (colloquial, chiefly of livestock, vehicles, etc.) to move backwards
2. (colloquial, of colour) to fade

Compounds

• 捎色 (shàoshǎi)

Etymology 3

Cognate to 消 (OC *sew, “to disappear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: siu¹
    • Yale: sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjew

Rime
Character	捎
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相邀切
Baxter	sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw/
Li Rong	/siɛu/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	捎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shāo
Middle Chinese	‹ sew ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁew/
English	eliminate
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	捎
Reading #	2/2
No.	13749
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	宵
Old Chinese	/*sew/

Definitions

捎

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to eliminate

References

• “捎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Chen, Kao-Chih (陳高志), editor (2015), “方言與文字”, in 語言志 [Chronicle of Lienchiang County] (連江縣志)‎, volume 5, Nangan, Lienchiang County: Lienchiang County Government 連江縣政府, →ISBN
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “捎”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 206.

Japanese

Kanji

捎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)、しょう (shō)
• Kun: とる (toru)

Korean

Hanja

捎 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捎: Hán Nôm readings: sao

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