鞘

鞘 U+9798, 鞘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9798 ← 鞗 [U+9797] CJK Unified Ideographs 鞙 → [U+9799]

Translingual

Han character

鞘 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿十火月 (TJFB), four-corner 4952₇, composition ⿰革肖)

Derived characters

• 鞩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1388, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42850
• Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4336, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9798

Chinese

trad.		鞘
simp. #		鞘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鞘
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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiào (qiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu³
    • Yale: chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
    • Tâi-lô: siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewH

Rime
Character	鞘
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	私妙切
Baxter	sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawH/
Li Rong	/siɛuH/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slewɢs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞘
Reading #	2/2
No.	13756
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥬇
Old Chinese	/*slewɢs/
Notes	同韒方言作削

Definitions

鞘

1. scabbard; sheath
2. tube used to carry valuables

Synonyms

• (scabbard): (literary, or in compounds) 室 (shì)

Compounds

• 劍鞘 / 剑鞘 (jiànqiào)
• 海鞘 (hǎiqiào)
• 烏鞘嶺 / 乌鞘岭
• 胚根鞘
• 胚芽鞘
• 腱鞘 (jiànqiào)
• 葉鞘 / 叶鞘 (yèqiào)
• 銀鞘 / 银鞘
• 鞘翅 (qiàochì)
• 鞘馬子 / 鞘马子
• 髓鞘 (suǐqiào)
• 鳴鞘 / 鸣鞘

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹

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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)
    • Jyutping: saau¹
    • Yale: sāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sraew

Rime
Character	鞘
Reading #	1/2
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	鞘
Reading #	1/2
No.	13713
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/

Definitions

鞘

1. thong