抄

抄	U+6284, 抄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6284

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

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/

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/	/t͡ʃʰˠau^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰau/	/t͡ʃʰau^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰau/	/t͡ʃʰau^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰau/	/t͡ʃʰau^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰau/	/ʈ͡ʂʰau^H/
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

to attack; to raid; to plunder
to seize; to confiscate
to take a shortcut
抄小路 ― chāo xiǎolù ― to take a narrow shortcut
to fold one's arms
Alternative form of 焯 (“(cooking) to briefly blanch in boiling water”).
to copy (by hand)
to transcribe
to plagiarize; to copy
抄功課／抄功课 [Cantonese] ― caau¹ gung¹ fo³ [Jyutping] ― to plagiarize homework
(colloquial) to grab
(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)

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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