# 燥

| 燥 | U+71E5, &#29157; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71E5 |
| ← 燤 [U+71E4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 燦 → [U+71E6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

燥 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火口口木 (FRRD), four-corner 9689$_4$, composition ⿰火喿)

#### Derived characters

* 𭟡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 684, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19467
* Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2240, character 19
* Unihan data for U+71E5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 燥
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 *saːwʔ, *saːws): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zào (zao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cao$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cou$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò / sò͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zào
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zào
*** Wade–Giles: tsao$^4$
*** Yale: dzàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaw
*** Palladius: цзао (czao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cao
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^3$
*** Yale: chou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sau̯²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
*** Tâi-lô: sò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soix
*** IPA (Taipei): /so¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sox
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/
* sò/sò͘ - literary;
* sò - vernacular (Quanzhou).
* Middle Chinese: sawX
Rime :
| Character | 燥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇老切 |
| Baxter | sawX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /saw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /sɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sou$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.sˤawʔ-s/, /*C.sˤawʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*saːwʔ/, /*saːws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 燥 | 燥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sào | zào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ saw$^H$ › | ‹ saw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.sˁawʔ-s/ | /*C.sˁawʔ/ |
| English | dry | dry |
| 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 | 燥 | 燥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16580 | 16581 |
| Phonetic component | 喿 | 喿 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㛮 | |
| Old Chinese | /*saːwʔ/ | /*saːws/ |

#### Definitions

燥
* dry; parched; arid
    乾燥／干燥 ― gānzào ― dry
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 躁 (“quick-tempered; anxious”)
    急燥 ― jízào ― anxious
* (traditional Chinese medicine, Southern Min, of food or medicine) heaty
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to absorb (moisture)
* (Xiamen Hokkien) object that can absorb moisture

##### Synonyms

* (heaty): 熱／热 (rè); (Hokkien) 燥煏煏, 燥熱／燥热, 熱燥／热燥
* (to absorb):
* 吸 (xī)
* 吸取 (xīqǔ)
* 吸收 (xīshōu)
* 抽取 (chōuqǔ)
* 攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 攝取 / 摄取 (shèqǔ)
* 束 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 汲 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
* 汲取 (jíqǔ)

#### Compounds

* 乾燥 / 干燥 (gānzào)
* 乾燥劑 / 干燥剂
* 乾燥器 / 干燥器
* 乾燥機 / 干燥机 (gānzàojī)
* 乾燥氣候 / 干燥气候
* 乾燥箱 / 干燥箱
* 乾燥花 / 干燥花
* 卬燥
* 口乾舌燥 / 口干舌燥 (kǒugānshézào)
* 口燥脣乾 / 口燥唇干
* 天乾物燥 / 天干物燥
* 推燥居濕 / 推燥居湿
* 暴燥
* 暴燥如雷
* 枯燥 (kūzào)
* 枯燥無味 / 枯燥无味
* 炙冰使燥
* 炮燥
* 熱燥 / 热燥
* 燥不搭的
* 燥屎
* 燥溼 / 燥湿
* 燥灼
* 燥熱 / 燥热 (zàorè)
* 燠燥
* 燥皮
* 燥脾
* 爆燥
* 爆燥如雷
* 辣燥
* 高燥
* 鱉燥 / 鳖燥

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 燥(そう) (sō)
* → Korean: 조(燥) (jo)
* → Vietnamese: táo (燥)
Others:
* → Vietnamese: ráo (𫧭, “be dried up”)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sào (sao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˋ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sào
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sào
*** Wade–Giles: sao$^4$
*** Yale: sàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saw
*** Palladius: сао (sao)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
*** Tâi-lô: sò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /so²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /so²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /so¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ²¹/

#### Definitions

燥
* minced meat

#### Compounds

* 燥子
* 肉燥 (ròusào)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* parch; dry up

#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kun: かわく (kawaku, 燥く)、はしゃぐ (hashagu, 燥ぐ)

#### Compounds

* 乾燥(かんそう) (kansō): dry; arid; insipid; dehydrated

## Korean
### Hanja

燥 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
* (마를 조, mareul): to be dry

## Vietnamese
### Han character

燥: Hán Nôm readings: táo, ráo
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