簫

See also: 箫

簫 U+7C2B, 簫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C2B ← 簪 [U+7C2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 簬 → [U+7C2C]

Translingual

Traditional	簫
Shinjitai (extended)	簘
Simplified	箫

Han character

簫 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹中難 (HLX), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗肅)

Derived characters

• 𡅣, 𢹱, 𤄙, 𮨳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 900, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26560
• Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3023, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7C2B

Chinese

trad.		簫
simp.		箫
alternative forms		簘 箾 𪛕 𱍉 𪛖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɯːw): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sêu

  (Hailu, HRS): siau^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): siĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ / siou¹

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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/
• 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: siau^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /siau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
    • Tâi-lô: siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao¹ / siou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³/, /siou³³/

Note:

• siao1 - Shantou;
• siou1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: sew

Rime
Character	簫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切
Baxter	sew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	簫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ sew ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁiw/
English	pan-pipe
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	簫
Reading #	1/1
No.	12113
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/

Definitions

簫

1. (music) xiao, a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in Chinese traditional and classical music
2. (music, historical) paixiao; panpipes
3. (Cantonese, Northern Min, Eastern Min) transverse flute
4. a surname, Xiao

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 簫 (“vertical flute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		簫, 洞簫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	簫
	Taiwan	簫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	簫
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	簫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	簫
	Wuhan	簫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	簫
	Hefei	簫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簫
	Hong Kong	簫
	Yangjiang	簫
Gan	Nanchang	簫
Hakka	Meixian	簫仔
Jin	Taiyuan	簫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簫, 直簫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簫
Southern Min	Xiamen	簫, 洞簫
	Chaozhou	簫
Wu	Suzhou	簫
	Wenzhou	簫
Xiang	Changsha	簫
	Shuangfeng	簫

Dialectal synonyms of 笛子 (“(Chinese) transverse flute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笛子, 橫笛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	笛子, 笛兒, 橫笛兒
	Taiwan	笛子
	Singapore	笛子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笛兒, 笛, 笛子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	笛子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	笛子
	Wanrong	笛
	Xi'an	笛
	Xining	笛竿兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笛子
	Wuhan	笛子
	Guiyang	笛子
	Guilin	笛子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笛子
	Hefei	笛子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笛, 簫
	Hong Kong	笛, 笛子 Chinese
	Yangjiang	笛
Gan	Nanchang	笛子
	Lichuan	笛仔
	Pingxiang	笛子
Hakka	Meixian	笛仔, 笛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	橫簫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嗶嗶仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	橫簫
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	簫仔
Jin	Taiyuan	笛子, 笛, 梅
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簫, 橫簫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簫
Southern Min	Xiamen	笛仔, 𥰔仔
	Quanzhou	笛仔, 𥰔仔
	Jinjiang	𥰔仔
	Zhangzhou	𥰔仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𥰔仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𥰔仔
	Kaohsiung	𥰔仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𥰔仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𥰔仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𥰔仔
	Tainan	𥰔仔
	Tainan (Anping)	𥰔仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𥰔仔
	Chaozhou	笛
	Shantou	笛
	Jieyang	笛
Wu	Suzhou	笛
	Wenzhou	笛
Xiang	Changsha	笛子
	Shuangfeng	曲子

Compounds

• 吳市吹簫 / 吴市吹箫
• 吹簫 / 吹箫 (chuīxiāo)
• 吹簫吳市 / 吹箫吴市
• 品簫 / 品箫
• 夕陽簫鼓 / 夕阳箫鼓
• 夜簫 / 夜箫
• 排簫 / 排箫 (páixiāo)
• 洞簫 / 洞箫 (dòngxiāo)
• 潘神簫 / 潘神箫
• 玉簫 / 玉箫 (yùxiāo)
• 玉簫聲斷 / 玉箫声断
• 短簫 / 短箫 (duǎnxiāo)
• 簫管 / 箫管
• 簫韶 / 箫韶
• 簫韶九成 / 箫韶九成
• 簫鼓 / 箫鼓 (xiāogǔ)
• 鳳凰簫 / 凤凰箫
• 鳳簫 / 凤箫