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草書

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See also: 草书

Chinese

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grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
book; letter
trad. (草書)
simp. (草书)
Literally: “draft script”.
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Chinese calligraphy in the style of cursive script (Dong Qichang, 1603)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (26)
Final () (89) (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tshawX syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɑuX/ /ɕɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰɑuX/ /ɕiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɑuX/ /ɕiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰawX/ /ɕɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰɑuX/ /ɕiɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰɑuX/ /ɕĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰɑuX/ /ɕi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cǎo shū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cou2 syu1

Noun

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草書

  1. cursive script
    1. (calligraphy) a Chinese calligraphic style
    2. (by extension) cursive handwriting

Usage notes

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Sometimes translated as grass script, mistaking the character (cǎo) as meaning grass, when in fact it refers to writing which is careless; sloppy; hasty, for example the meaning implied in the compound words 潦草 (liáocǎo) and 草率 (cǎoshuài).

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (草書):

See also

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 1
しょ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 草書 (MC tshawX syo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(そう)(しょ) (sōshoさうしよ (sausyo)?

  1. grass script (cursive writing)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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草書 (choseo) (hangeul 초서)

  1. hanja form? of 초서 (grass script)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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草書

  1. chữ Hán form of thảo thư (grass script).