詔

See also: 诏

詔 U+8A54, 詔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A54 ← 詓 [U+8A53] CJK Unified Ideographs 評 → [U+8A55]

Translingual

Han character

詔 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸竹口 (YRSHR), four-corner 0766₂, composition ⿰訁召)

Derived characters

• 𠾓, 𧝨, 𱺈, 𥴜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1155, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35379
• Dae Jaweon: page 1620, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3959, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A54

Chinese

trad.		詔
simp.		诏

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 *tjews): semantic 言 (“word; speech”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews)

Etymology

Perhaps related to 召 (OC *dews, *djews, “to call; to summon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu³ / ziu⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): seu / zeu

  (Hailu, HRS): shau^ˇ / zhau^ˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): ciéu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziao³ / ziou³ / riao³ / riou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴
    • Yale: jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
    • Palladius: чжао (čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ziu³ / ziu⁶
    • Yale: jiu / jiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu³ / dziu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu³ / jiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯³³/, /t͡siːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu / zeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu / zeu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ / zeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/, /zeu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shau^ˇ / zhau^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃau¹¹/, /t͡ʃau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciéu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛu²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̤̍u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziao³ / ziou³ / riao³ / riou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàu / tsiòu / jiàu / jiòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siau²¹³/, /t͡siou²¹³/, /d͡ziau²¹³/, /d͡ziou²¹³/

Note:

• ziao3/riao3 - Shantou;
• ziou3/riou3 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: tsyewH

Rime
Character	詔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之少切
Baxter	tsyewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciawH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛuH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*taw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhào
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyewH ›
Old Chinese	/*taw-s/
English	tell, announce
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	詔
Reading #	1/1
No.	2133
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	沼
Old Chinese	/*tjews/

Definitions

詔

1. imperial decree
2. to decree; to proclaim
3. (historical) leader or king of non-Han peoples

   • 「茫」是其君之號，蠻呼茫詔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     「茫」是其君之号，蛮呼茫诏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 4, part 20

     “Máng” shì qí jūn zhī hào, mán hū Máng zhào. [Pinyin]

     Mang​ is the formal title of their leader; the Barbarians call him the zhao of Mang.

Compounds

• 下詔 / 下诏 (xiàzhào)
• 丹詔 / 丹诏
• 優詔 / 优诏
• 先帝遺詔 / 先帝遗诏
• 六詔 / 六诏
• 南詔 / 南诏 (Nánzhào)
• 口詔 / 口诏
• 哀詔 / 哀诏 (āizhào)
• 奉詔 / 奉诏 (fèngzhào)
• 宣詔 / 宣诏
• 密詔 / 密诏 (mìzhào)
• 待詔 / 待诏 (dàizhào)
• 得詔 / 得诏 (dézhào)
• 恩詔 / 恩诏
• 應詔 / 应诏 (yìngzhào)
• 手詔 / 手诏
• 批詔 / 批诏
• 明詔 / 明诏
• 矯詔 / 矫诏 (jiǎozhào)
• 終戰詔書 / 终战诏书
• 罪己詔 / 罪己诏 (zuìjǐzhào)
• 草詔 / 草诏 (cǎozhào)
• 蠟詔 / 蜡诏
• 衣帶詔 / 衣带诏
• 被詔輒成 / 被诏辄成
• 詔令 / 诏令 (zhàolìng)
• 詔安 / 诏安 (Zhào'ān)
• 詔旨 / 诏旨 (zhàozhǐ)
• 詔書 / 诏书 (zhàoshū)
• 詔板 / 诏板
• 詔獄 / 诏狱 (zhàoyù)
• 詔策 / 诏策
• 詔諭 / 诏谕
• 遺詔 / 遗诏 (yízhào)
• 降詔 / 降诏 (jiàngzhào)
• 頒詔 / 颁诏
• 鳳詔 / 凤诏
• 墨詔 / 墨诏

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (詔):

• → Japanese: 詔(しょう) (shō)
• → Korean: 조(詔) (jo)
• → Vietnamese: chiếu (詔)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᠵᠣᠣ (joo)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “诏”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 304.