# 哨

| 哨 | U+54E8, &#21736; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54E8 |
| ← 哧 [U+54E7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 哩 → [U+54E9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

哨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口火月 (RFB), four-corner 6902$_7$, composition ⿰口肖)

#### Derived characters

* 𣺰 𪄨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 190, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3646
* Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 628, character 1
* Unihan data for U+54E8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 哨
* 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shào (shao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saau$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shào
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shào
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^4$
*** Yale: shàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saau$^3$
*** Yale: saau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːu̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu
*** Tâi-lô: sàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sau²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau²¹/
* Middle Chinese: sjew, tshjewH
Rime :
| Character | 哨 | 哨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 相邀切 | 七肖切 |
| Baxter | sjew | tshjewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu/ | /t͡sʰiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu/ | /t͡sʰiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu/ | /t͡sʰjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw/ | /t͡sʰiaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu/ | /t͡sʰiɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu/ | /t͡sʰĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu/ | /t͡sʰi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo | qiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ | ciu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sreːws/, /*sʰews/, /*sew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 哨 | 哨 | 哨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 13727 | 13734 | 13748 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 | 肖 | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 稍 | 陗 | 宵 |
| Old Chinese | /*sreːws/ | /*sʰews/ | /*sew/ |
| Notes | 同月肖，又睄（巡視）之分化字 | 見禮記 | |

### Definitions

哨
* to patrol (keep watch over an area by regularly walking or travelling around it)
* sentry; sentinel; post
* to chirp
* to whistle
* whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
* a surname, Shao

#### Synonyms

* (to patrol):
* 查巡 (cháxún)
* 巡查 (xúnchá)
* 巡遊 / 巡游 (xúnyóu)
* 巡邏 / 巡逻 (xúnluó)

### Compounds

* 前哨 (qiánshào)
* 口哨 (kǒushào)
* 吹哨 (chuīshào)
* 呼哨 (hūshào)
* 哨兵 (shàobīng)
* 哨子 (shàozi)
* 哨戒
* 哨戒艦 / 哨戒舰
* 哨所 (shàosuǒ)
* 哨片 (shàopiàn)
* 哨聲 / 哨声 (shàoshēng)
* 哨角 (shàojiǎo)
* 崗哨 / 岗哨 (gǎngshào)
* 放哨 (fàngshào)
* 暗哨 (ànshào)
* 查哨 (cháshào)
* 步哨 (bùshào)
* 花哨 (huāshào)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 哨󠄂 哨+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 哨 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* to stand guard, to look out (for a suspect or enemy)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)、そう (sō)
* Kun: みはり (mihari, 哨)

## Korean
### Hanja

哨 • (cho, so) (hangeul 초, 소, revised cho, so, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, so)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

哨: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, téo, tóe/toé, tiêu
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