藻

藻 U+85FB, 藻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85FB
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Translingual

Han character

藻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿水口木 (TERD), four-corner 44194, composition ⿱艹澡)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1067, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32401
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3329, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+85FB

Chinese
trad. 藻
simp. # 藻
alternative forms 薻
𧃡

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 藻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (喿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藻 *ʔsaːwʔ
澡 *ʔslaːwʔ
璪 *ʔsaːwʔ
繰 *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁 *ʔsaːws
趮 *ʔsaːws
操 *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧 *sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆 *sʰaːwʔ
鄵 *sʰaːws
鐰 *zaːw, *sʰaw
臊 *saːw, *saːws
鱢 *saːw
燥 *saːwʔ, *saːws
噪 *saːws
髞 *saːws
喿 *saːws
譟 *saːws
劋 *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾 *soːwʔ, *srow

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaːwʔ) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 澡 (OC *ʔslaːwʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 藻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 子晧切
Baxter tsawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sawX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sɑuX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zou2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 藻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ˁawʔ/
English kind of water plant

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 藻
Reading # 1/1
No. 16565
Phonetic
component		 喿
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 早
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsaːwʔ/
Notes 説文同薻

Definitions

藻

  1. algae
  2. other aquatic plants
  3. (literary) literary embellishment
  4. (literary) splendid, magnificent
  5. a surname

Compounds
  • 光藻
  • 品藻
  • 團藻／团藻
  • 夜光藻 (yèguāngzǎo)
  • 懷風藻／怀风藻
  • 才藻
  • 披髮藻目／披发藻目
  • 掞藻
  • 掞藻飛聲／掞藻飞声
  • 揚葩振藻／扬葩振藻
  • 摛翰振藻
  • 摛藻
  • 摛藻雕章
  • 文藻
  • 斧藻
  • 新月藻
  • 松藻蟲／松藻虫
  • 水藻 (shuǐzǎo)
  • 波髮藻／波发藻
  • 海藻 (hǎizǎo)
  • 海藻蟲／海藻虫
  • 狸藻 (lízǎo)
  • 玉藻
  • 甄藻
  • 睿藻
  • 矽藻
  • 矽藻土
  • 紅藻／红藻 (hóngzǎo)
  • 細毛藻／细毛藻
  • 綠藻／绿藻
  • 翰藻
  • 聚藻
  • 芹藻
  • 茨藻
  • 藍綠藻／蓝绿藻 (lánlǜzǎo)
  • 藍藻／蓝藻 (lánzǎo)
  • 藍鼓藻／蓝鼓藻
  • 藻井 (zǎojǐng)
  • 藻厲／藻厉
  • 藻思
  • 藻梲／藻棁 (zǎozhuó)
  • 藻玉
  • 藻瑩／藻莹
  • 藻紅素／藻红素
  • 藻繪／藻绘
  • 藻翰
  • 藻荇
  • 藻菌植物
  • 蘋藻／𬞟藻
  • 藻鏡／藻镜
  • 藻類／藻类 (zǎolèi)
  • 藻飾／藻饰
  • 藻麗／藻丽
  • 蘭藻／兰藻
  • 裸藻
  • 褐藻
  • 褐藻膠／褐藻胶
  • 詞藻／词藻 (cízǎo)
  • 輪藻／轮藻
  • 辭藻／辞藻 (cízǎo)
  • 金魚藻／金鱼藻 (jīnyúzǎo)
  • 金黃藻／金黄藻
  • 鞭毛藻
  • 馬尾藻／马尾藻
  • 騁藻／骋藻
  • 魚藻／鱼藻
  • 鳧藻／凫藻 (fúzǎo)
  • 鳳藻／凤藻
  • 鴻藻／鸿藻 (hóngzǎo)
  • 麗藻／丽藻 (lìzǎo)
  • 鼓藻

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji
藻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. seaweed, aquatic plant
  2. algae

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
藻
も
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

藻(も) • (mo) 

  1. alga, algae
  2. seaweed

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藻 (MC tsawX). Recorded as Middle Korean 조〯 (cwǒ) (Yale: cwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 藻 (eumhun 마름 조 (mareum jo))

  1. Hanja form? of 조 (“algae”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

藻: Hán Nôm readings: tảo, tang

Noun

藻

  1. chữ Hán form of tảo (“algae”).
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