# 鞘

| 鞘 | U+9798, &#38808; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9798 |
| ← 鞗 [U+9797] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鞙 → [U+9799] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鞘 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿十火月 (TJFB), four-corner 4952$_7$, composition ⿰革肖)

#### Derived characters

* 鞩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1388, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42850
* Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4336, character 7
* Unihan data for U+9798

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 鞘
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiào (qiao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiao$^4$
*** Yale: chyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
*** Palladius: цяо (cjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^3$
*** Yale: chiu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: sjewH
Rime :
| Character | 鞘 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 私妙切 |
| Baxter | sjewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*slewɢs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鞘 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13756 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 豹 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𥬇 |
| Old Chinese | /*slewɢs/ |
| Notes | 同韒方言作削 |

#### Definitions

鞘
* scabbard; sheath
* tube used to carry valuables

##### Synonyms

* (scabbard): (literary, or in compounds) 室 (shì)

#### Compounds

* 劍鞘 / 剑鞘 (jiànqiào)
* 海鞘 (hǎiqiào)
* 烏鞘嶺 / 乌鞘岭
* 胚根鞘
* 胚芽鞘
* 腱鞘 (jiànqiào)
* 葉鞘 / 叶鞘 (yèqiào)
* 銀鞘 / 银鞘
* 鞘翅
* 鞘馬子 / 鞘马子
* 髓鞘 (suǐqiào)
* 鳴鞘 / 鸣鞘

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shāo (shao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shao
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^1$
*** Yale: shāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saau$^1$
*** Yale: sāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: sraew
Rime :
| Character | 鞘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 所交切 |
| Baxter | sraew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃau/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鞘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13713 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 梢 |
| Old Chinese | /*sreːw/ |

#### Definitions

鞘
* thong

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: さや (saya, 鞘)

#### Compounds

* 筋鞘(きんしょう) (kinshō): sarcolemma
* 翅鞘(ししょう) (shishō): elytron
* 子葉鞘(しようしょう) (shiyōshō): coleoptile
* 髄鞘(ずいしょう) (zuishō): myelin sheath
* 葉鞘(ようしょう) (yōshō): leaf sheath

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鞘
* さや Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) さや [sáꜜyà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [sa̠ja̠]

### Noun

鞘(さや) • (saya)
* sheath
* case
* margin

#### Derived terms

* 鞘取(さやと)り (sayatori): arbitrage
* 利鞘(りざや) (rizaya): profit margin

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鞘 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
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