# 簫

| 簫 | U+7C2B, &#31787; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C2B |
| ← 簪 [U+7C2A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 簬 → [U+7C2C] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 簫 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 簘 |
| Simplified | 箫 |

### Han character

簫 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹中難 (HLX), four-corner 8822$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗肅)

#### Derived characters

* 𡅣, 𢹱, 𤄙, 𮨳

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 900, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26560
* Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3023, character 10
* Unihan data for U+7C2B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 簫 | *sɯːw |
| 蕭 | *sɯːw |
| 瀟 | *sɯːw |
| 潚 | *sɯːw, *sɯwɢ |
| 彇 | *sɯːw |
| 蟰 | *sɯːw, *sɯwɢ |
| 橚 | *sɯːw, *sɯwɢ |
| 嘯 | *sɯːwɢs |
| 歗 | *sɯːwɢs |
| 熽 | *sɯːwɢs |
| 繡 | *sɯwɢs |
| 鏽 | *sɯwɢs |
| 肅 | *sɯwɢ |
| 鷫 | *sɯwɢ |
| 驌 | *sɯwɢ |
| 鱐 | *sɯwɢ |
| 璛 | *sɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɯːw): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sêu
    (Hailu, HRS): siau$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siĕu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siao$^1$ / siou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siao
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^1$
*** Yale: sīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: siau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /siau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
*** Tâi-lô: siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siao$^1$ / siou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
*** Sinological IPA : /siau³³/, /siou³³/
* siao1 - Shantou;
* siou1 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: sew
Rime :
| Character | 簫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 蘇彫切 |
| Baxter | sew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /seu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /seu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /seu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /seu/ |
| Wang Li | /sieu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 簫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sew › |
| Old Chinese | /*sˁiw/ |
| English | pan-pipe |
| 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 | 簫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12113 |
| Phonetic component | 肅 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蕭 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯːw/ |

### Definitions

簫
* (music) xiao, a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in Chinese traditional and classical music
* (music, historical) paixiao; panpipes
* (Cantonese, Northern Min, Eastern Min) transverse flute
* a surname, Xiao

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 簫, 洞簫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 簫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 簫 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 簫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 簫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 簫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 簫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 簫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 簫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 簫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 簫 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 簫 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 簫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 簫仔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 簫 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 簫, 直簫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 簫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 簫, 洞簫 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 簫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 簫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 簫 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 簫 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 簫 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 笛子, 橫笛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 笛子, 笛兒, 橫笛兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 笛子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 笛子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 笛兒, 笛, 笛子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 笛子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 笛子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 笛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 笛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 笛竿兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 笛子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 笛子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 笛子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 笛子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 笛子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 笛子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 笛, 簫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 笛, 笛子 Chinese |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 笛 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 笛子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 笛仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 笛子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 笛仔, 笛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 橫簫 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 嗶嗶仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 橫簫 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 簫仔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 笛子, 笛, 梅 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 簫, 橫簫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 簫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 笛仔, 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 笛仔, 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 𥰔仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 笛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 笛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 笛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 笛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 笛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 笛子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 曲子 |

### Compounds

* 吳市吹簫 / 吴市吹箫
* 吹簫 / 吹箫 (chuīxiāo)
* 吹簫吳市 / 吹箫吴市
* 品簫 / 品箫
* 夕陽簫鼓 / 夕阳箫鼓
* 夜簫 / 夜箫
* 排簫 / 排箫 (páixiāo)
* 洞簫 / 洞箫 (dòngxiāo)
* 潘神簫 / 潘神箫
* 玉簫 / 玉箫 (yùxiāo)
* 玉簫聲斷 / 玉箫声断
* 短簫 / 短箫 (duǎnxiāo)
* 簫管 / 箫管
* 簫韶 / 箫韶
* 簫韶九成 / 箫韶九成
* 簫鼓 / 箫鼓 (xiāogǔ)
* 鳳凰簫 / 凤凰箫
* 鳳簫 / 凤箫

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 簘 |
| Kyūjitai | 簫 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 簘)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: ふえ (fue, 簫)

#### Compounds

* 簫鼓(しょうこ) (shōko): flutes and drums
* 簫(しょう)の笛(ふえ) (shō no fue): xiao (Chinese flute)
* 長簫(ちょうしょう) (chōshō)
* 洞簫(どうしょう) (dōshō): xiao (Chinese flute)
* 排簫(はいしょう) (haishō)
* Kanji in this term
* 簫
* しょう Hyōgai
* on'yomi

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 簫 / 箫 (sew, “xiao (Chinese flute)”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕo̞ː]

### Noun

簫(しょう) • (shō)
* xiao, a vertically blown Chinese flute

#### Usage notes

Synonymous with the longer phrase 簫の笛 (shō no fue, literally “shō flute”). However, given the rarity of this kanji in writing, and the large number of possible single-kanji terms pronounced as shō in Japanese, this longer term that specifies 笛 (“flute”) is used to clarify and disambiguate.

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

簫 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 短簫

## Vietnamese
### Han character

簫: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu, tiu

### Noun

簫
* chữ Hán form of tiêu (“(music) the xiao, a vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Vietnamese music”).