紹

See also: 绍

紹 U+7D39, 紹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D39 ← 紸 [U+7D38] CJK Unified Ideographs 紺 → [U+7D3A]

Translingual

Han character

紹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸竹口 (VFSHR), four-corner 2796₂, composition ⿰糹召)

Derived characters

• 𦹄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 920, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27361
• Dae Jaweon: page 1352, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3388, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7D39

Chinese

trad.		紹
simp.		绍
alternative forms		綤 ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djewʔ): semantic 糸 + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shào (shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): seu

  (Hailu, HRS): shau^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): iàu
• Eastern Min (BUC): siêu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu⁶
    • Yale: siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³²/
• 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: shau^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃau¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sā̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāu
    • Tâi-lô: siāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/

Note:

• siao6 - Shantou;
• siou6 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 紹
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʂɑu⁵³/ /sɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʃɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂau⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ʂau²⁴/
	Xining	/ʂɔ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʂɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɔ⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/sau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/sau¹³/
	Guiyang	/sao⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʂɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʂɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʂɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʂɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/zæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zɔ¹³/ /zɔ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/jiɛ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕiɔ²²/
	Tunxi	/ɕio¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂau⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ʂaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/sau⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/ʃeu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/siu²²/
	Nanning	/siu²²/
	Hong Kong	/siu²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/siau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/siɛu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/iau⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡siau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyewX

Rime
Character	紹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市沼切
Baxter	dzyewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiawX/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛuX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djewʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紹
Reading #	1/1
No.	2144
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	紹
Old Chinese	/*djewʔ/

Definitions

紹

1. to continue; to carry on
2. short for 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng, “Shaoxing”)
3. a surname

Compounds

• 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào)
• 介紹人 / 介绍人 (jièshàorén)
• 介紹所 / 介绍所 (jièshàosuǒ)
• 偠紹 / 偠绍 (yǎoshào)
• 克紹箕裘 / 克绍箕裘
• 婚友介紹 / 婚友介绍
• 接紹香煙 / 接绍香烟
• 白紹拉河 / 白绍拉河
• 紹介 / 绍介 (shàojiè)
• 紹休聖緒 / 绍休圣绪
• 紹劇 / 绍剧 (shàojù)
• 紹承 / 绍承
• 紹繚 / 绍缭
• 紹興 / 绍兴 (Shàoxīng)
• 紹興師爺 / 绍兴师爷
• 紹興酒 / 绍兴酒 (Shàoxīngjiǔ)
• 紹述 / 绍述
• 自我介紹 / 自我介绍 (zìwǒ jièshào)
• 陳紹 / 陈绍 (chénshào)

References

• “紹”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “绍”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 207.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 紹

紹

(Jōyō kanji)

1. introduce

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 紹ぐ)

Compounds

• 紹介
• 紹恢
• 紹興酒
• 紹述
• 紹復

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紹: Hán Nôm readings: thiệu, chão

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