抄

抄 U+6284, 抄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6284 ← 抃 [U+6283] CJK Unified Ideographs 抅 → [U+6285]

Translingual

Han character

抄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手火竹 (QFH), four-corner 5902₀, composition ⿰扌少)

Derived characters

• 𠳕, 𣴷, 莏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11863
• Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1836, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6284

Chinese

simp. and trad.		抄
alternative forms		搜 Min Nan

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觘	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬	*sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	*sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	*mewʔ, *mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	*hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	*senʔ, *smos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws) : semantic 手 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâu
• Eastern Min (BUC): chău
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhau / chhiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao¹ / sa¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chāur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaul
    • Palladius: чаор (čaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caau¹
    • Yale: chāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau
    • Tâi-lô: tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau
    • Tâi-lô: tshiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhiau - vernacular;
• chhau - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cao¹ / sa¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshau / sa
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau³³/, /sa³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshau
    • MiniDict: tshau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaew, tsrhaewH

Rime
Character	抄	抄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	楚交切	初敎切
Baxter	tsrhaew	tsrhaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠau/	/t͡ʃʰˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰau/	/t͡ʃʰauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰau/	/t͡ʃʰauH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰau/	/t͡ʃʰauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰau/	/ʈ͡ʂʰauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo	chào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau1	caau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sm̥ʰreːw/, /*sm̥ʰreːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抄	抄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13684	13690
Phonetic component	小	小
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	䜈	抄
Old Chinese	/*sm̥ʰreːw/	/*sm̥ʰreːws/
Notes	說文作鈔，此爲分化字

Definitions

抄

1. to attack; to raid; to plunder
2. to seize; to confiscate
3. to take a shortcut

   抄小路  ―  chāo xiǎolù  ―  to take a narrow shortcut

4. to fold one's arms
5. Alternative form of 焯 (“(cooking) to briefly blanch in boiling water”).
6. to copy (by hand)
7. to transcribe
8. to plagiarize; to copy

   抄功課／抄功课 [Cantonese]  ―  caau¹ gung¹ fo³ [Jyutping]  ―  to plagiarize homework

9. (colloquial) to grab
10. (Hokkien) to seek; to look for

Synonyms

• (to plagiarize):

edit

• 剽取 (piàoqǔ)
• 剽竊 / 剽窃 (piāoqiè)
• 剿襲
• 抄襲 / 抄袭 (chāoxí)

• (to grab): 抓 (zhuā)

Compounds

• 傳抄 / 传抄 (chuánchāo)
• 兜抄
• 包抄 (bāochāo)
• 半抄兒 / 半抄儿
• 小抄 (xiǎochāo)
• 影宋抄本
• 手抄 (shǒuchāo)
• 抄事
• 抄件 (chāojiàn)
• 抄估
• 抄化
• 抄奪 / 抄夺
• 抄家 (chāojiā)
• 抄寫 / 抄写 (chāoxiě)
• 抄小路
• 抄手 (chāoshǒu)
• 抄手遊廊 / 抄手游廊
• 抄扎
• 抄掠
• 抄掇
• 抄搶 / 抄抢
• 抄撮
• 抄擊 / 抄击 (chāojī)
• 抄斬 / 抄斩 (chāozhǎn)
• 抄本 (chāoběn)
• 抄札
• 抄殺 / 抄杀 (chāoshā)
• 抄沒 / 抄没 (chāomò)
• 抄獲 / 抄获 (chāohuò)
• 抄球
• 抄用 (chāoyòng)
• 抄發 / 抄发 (chāofā)
• 抄白
• 抄空兒 / 抄空儿
• 抄籍 (chāojí)
• 抄紙 / 抄纸
• 抄總兒 / 抄总儿
• 抄胥
• 抄臺 / 抄台
• 抄襲 / 抄袭 (chāoxí)
• 抄賭 / 抄赌
• 抄起
• 抄身 (chāoshēn)
• 抄轉 / 抄转
• 抄近路 (chāo jìnlù)
• 抄送 (chāosòng)
• 抄造
• 抄錄 / 抄录 (chāolù)
• 抄陳 / 抄陈
• 抄靶子
• 文抄公 (wénchāogōng)
• 東抄西襲 / 东抄西袭
• 查抄 (cháchāo)
• 滿門抄斬 / 满门抄斩 (mǎnménchāozhǎn)
• 照抄 (zhàochāo)
• 瓜蔓抄
• 目披手抄
• 精抄本
• 背抄手
• 邸抄

Japanese

Kanji

抄

(Jōyō kanji)

1. unit of volume of about 1.804 mL, defined as one-tenth of 勺(しゃく) (shaku)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: とる (toru)、かすめとる (kasumetoru, 抄とる)、かすめる (kasumeru, 抄める)、うつす (utsusu, 抄す)、すくう (sukuu, 抄う)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
抄
しょう Grade: S
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 抄 – see the following entry.

【鈔しょう】H [noun] an excerpt, an extract (writing) [noun] an annotation [noun] a unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 勺 (shaku) and one hundredth of a 合 (gō), or approximately 1.8 millilitres

(This term, 抄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

抄 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抄: Hán Nôm readings: sao, xao

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