巢

See also: 巣

巢 U+5DE2, 巢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE2 ← 巡 [U+5DE1] CJK Unified Ideographs 巣 → [U+5DE3]

巢 U+2F882, 巢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F882 ← 巡 [U+2F881] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㠯 → [U+2F883]

Translingual

Han character

巢 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女女田木 (VVWD), four-corner 2290₄, composition ⿱巛果)

Derived characters

• 㑿, 𠻥, 𡏮, 𡡊, 摷, 樔, 𣝞, 𣩓, 漅, 𤍒, 𤑗, 㺐, 璅, 𥊌, 𥕘, 繅, 缫, 𦗔, 𦟳, 𧈈, 𧑀, 䜈, 𧷣, 𨄓, 轈, 𬨓, 𨢪, 鏁, 𬭲, 隟, 𩍀, 𩏙, 𩪑, 䲃, 𬷰, 𪍨
• 剿, 𠞰, 勦, 𢀊, 𢀋, 𢀌, 𭛘, 𰒱, 𧈊, 鄛, 𩫥, 𪅕
• 𭔐, 𡻝, 窼, 𥲀, 𮊗, 罺, 𦸛, 𧘀, 𭬺, 䟁
• 𠟾, 𠟿, 𠢶, 𣰩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 324, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
• Dae Jaweon: page 625, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1098, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5DE2

• Unihan data for U+2F882

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
璅	*ʔslaːwʔ
繅	*ʔslaːwʔ, *slaːw
薻	*ʔslaːwʔ
罺	*ʔsraːw, *sʰraːws
摷	*ʔsraːw, *raːw
勦	*sʰraːw, *zraːw, *ʔslawʔ
巢	*zraːw, *zraːws
轈	*zraːw
樔	*zraːw
鄛	*zraːw
剿	*ʔslawʔ
漅	*ʔslawʔ

Pictogram (象形): a baby bird (巛) in a nest (田), which is on top of a tree (木).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		巢
alternative forms		巣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháo (chao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cau³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sàu

  (Hailu, HRS): sau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau²

• Eastern Min (BUC): càu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): châu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caau⁴
    • Yale: chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sau^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sau²
    • Sinological IPA: /sau̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sau
    • Sinological IPA: /sau⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau²
    • Sinological IPA: /sau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: càu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châu
    • Tâi-lô: tsâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzraew, dzraewH

Rime
Character	巢	巢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	鉏交切	士稍切
Baxter	dzraew	dzraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠau/	/d͡ʒˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚau/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨw/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨwH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒauH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱau/	/ɖ͡ʐʱauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháo	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau4	zaau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤraw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːw/, /*zraːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháo
Middle Chinese	‹ dzræw ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁraw/
English	nest
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	巢	巢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1295	1300
Phonetic component	巢	巢
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	巢	巢
Old Chinese	/*zraːw/	/*zraːws/
Notes		士原誤爲七依校本

Definitions

巢

1. nest (for bird, ants, bees, etc.)

   Synonym: 窩 / 窝 (wō)

2. lair; den
3. (historical) name of an ancient musical instrument
4. (historical) name of an ancient feudal state
5. a surname

Compounds

• 傾巢 / 倾巢 (qīngcháo)
• 傾巢出動 / 倾巢出动 (qīngcháochūdòng)
• 傾巢而出 / 倾巢而出 (qīngcháo'érchū)
• 卵巢 (luǎncháo)
• 卵巢囊腫 / 卵巢囊肿 (luǎncháo nángzhǒng)
• 卵巢炎 (luǎncháoyán)
• 卵巢癌 (luǎncháo'ái)
• 巢傾卵破 / 巢倾卵破
• 巢居穴處 / 巢居穴处
• 巢木居野
• 巢毀卵破 / 巢毁卵破
• 巢湖 (Cháohú)
• 巢父
• 巢礎 / 巢础
• 巢穴 (cháoxué)
• 巢窩 / 巢窝
• 巢笙
• 巢箱
• 巢脾
• 巢車 / 巢车
• 巢鼠
• 幕上燕巢
• 搆木為巢 / 构木为巢
• 有巢氏
• 橧巢
• 歸巢 / 归巢
• 烏鵲通巢 / 乌鹊通巢
• 燕巢 (yàncháo)
• 燕巢幕上
• 燕巢於幕 / 燕巢于幕
• 珠巢
• 理院鵲巢 / 理院鹊巢
• 窠巢 (kēcháo)
• 築巢 / 筑巢 (zhùcháo)
• 精巢 (jīngcháo)
• 老巢 (lǎocháo)
• 舊燕歸巢 / 旧燕归巢
• 葦苕繫巢 / 苇苕系巢
• 蜂巢 (fēngcháo)
• 蜂巢胃 (fēngcháowèi)
• 覆巢之下無完卵 / 覆巢之下无完卵 (fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn)
• 覆巢傾卵 / 覆巢倾卵
• 覆巢毀卵 / 覆巢毁卵
• 覆巢破卵
• 賊巢 / 贼巢 (zéicháo)
• 防有鵲巢 / 防有鹊巢
• 雀巢
• 香巢
• 鳥巢 / 鸟巢 (niǎocháo)
• 鳩佔鵲巢 / 鸠占鹊巢 (jiūzhànquècháo)
• 鳩僭鵲巢 / 鸠僭鹊巢 (jiūjiànquècháo)
• 鳩占鵲巢 / 鸠占鹊巢 (jiūzhànquècháo)
• 鳩奪鵲巢 / 鸠夺鹊巢 (jiūduóquècháo)
• 鳩居鵲巢 / 鸠居鹊巢 (jiūjūquècháo)
• 鳳還巢 / 凤还巢
• 鴉巢生鳳 / 鸦巢生凤
• 鵲巢 / 鹊巢
• 鵲巢鳩占 / 鹊巢鸠占 (quècháojiūzhàn)
• 黃巢之亂 / 黄巢之乱

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		巢
alternative forms		𥊌 巣 皺／皱 鈔／钞 䩌

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caau⁴
    • Yale: chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²²/

Definitions

巢 (Cantonese)

1. wrinkled; wrinkly

   巢皮 [Cantonese]  ―  caau⁴ pei⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  wrinkly skin

   張紙好巢／张纸好巢 [Cantonese]  ―  zoeng¹ zi² hou² caau⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  The paper is very crumpled.

   張銀紙巢晒／张银纸巢晒 [Cantonese]  ―  zoeng¹ ngan⁴ zi² caau⁴ saai³ [Jyutping]  ―  The banknote is completely crumpled.

Synonyms

• 皺／皱 (zhòu)

Compounds

• 巢咪𠵼
• 巢𠵼𠵼

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		巢

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū
    • Tâi-lô: siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³/

Definitions

巢

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 岫 (siū, “nest, den or lair of animals”)
   • 2017, 陳百潭 [Paitan Chen], “情難了”‎^[1]performed by 陳百潭 [Paitan Chen] and 陳凱欣:

     留著空巢乎我做孤鳥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     留着空巢乎我做孤鸟 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     lâu-tio̍h khang-siū hō͘ góa chòe ko͘-chiáu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Shinjitai	巣
Kyūjitai	巢

Kanji

巢

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巣)

1. nest
2. living quarter in tree

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: す (su, 巢)、すくう (sukuu, 巢くう)

Korean

Hanja

巢 • (so) (hangeul 소, McCune–Reischauer so)

1. nest
2. living quarter in tree

Vietnamese

Han character

巢: Hán Nôm readings: sào

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