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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