䰫

䰫 U+4C2B, 䰫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4C2B ← 䰪 [U+4C2A] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䰬 → [U+4C2C]

Translingual

Han character

䰫 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈土土山 (HIGGU), composition ⿺鬼堯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1463, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4437, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4C2B

Chinese

trad.		䰫
simp.		𱆙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo, cháo, zhào (chao¹, chao², zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ, ㄔㄠˊ, ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau¹

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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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²
    • Yale: cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (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: caau¹
    • Yale: chāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaew, dzraewX

Rime
Character	䰫	䰫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	楚交切	士絞切
Baxter	tsrhaew	dzraewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠau/	/d͡ʒˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰau/	/d͡ʒauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨwX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰau/	/d͡ʒauX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰau/	/d͡ʒauX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰau/	/ɖ͡ʐʱauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau1	zaau6

Definitions

䰫

1. nimble and active ghost
2. to move swiftly
3. strong
4. crafty, cunning, wily
5. smart, clever, shrewd