# 肇

| 肇 | U+8087, &#32903; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8087 |
| ← 肆 [U+8086] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 肈 → [U+8088] |

## Translingual
### Han character

肇 (Kangxi radical 129, 聿+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中手 (HKLQ) or 戈大中手 (IKLQ), four-corner 3850$_7$, composition ⿱𢼄聿)

#### Derived characters

* 𬑷, 𬢅

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 972, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29228
* Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3168, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8087

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 肁 | *dawʔ |
| 肇 | *dawʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dawʔ): phonetic 肁 (OC *dawʔ) + semantic 攵 (“hand action”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhào (zhao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): seu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sau$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): diêu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiǎu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siao$^6$ / siou$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
*** Wade–Giles: chao$^4$
*** Yale: jàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
*** Palladius: чжао (čžao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^6$
*** Yale: siuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: siau$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /siau³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɛu²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
*** Tâi-lô: tiāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
*** Tâi-lô: tiǎu
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²²/
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /tiau³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siao$^6$ / siou$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
*** Sinological IPA : /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zau
*** MiniDict: zau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/
* Middle Chinese: drjewX
Rime :
| Character | 肇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 治小切 |
| Baxter | drjewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖˠiᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖᵚiɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖiaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡjɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ziu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*dawʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 肇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16898 |
| Phonetic component | 肁 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 肇 |
| Old Chinese | /*dawʔ/ |

### Definitions

肇
* (literary) to commence; to start; to begin
* (literary) to cause
* Short for 肇慶／肇庆 (Zhàoqìng, “Zhaoqing”).
    廣肇會館／广肇会馆 ― Guǎng Zhào huìguǎn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Compounds

* 僧肇
* 肇事 (zhàoshì)
* 肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě)
* 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
* 肇基 (zhàojī)
* 肇始 (zhàoshǐ)
* 肇慶 / 肇庆 (Zhàoqìng)
* 肇禍 / 肇祸 (zhàohuò)
* 肇禍者 / 肇祸者
* 肇端 (zhàoduān)
* 肇論 / 肇论
* 肇造

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 肇 |
| Kyūjitai | 肇󠄁 肇+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 肇󠄃 肇+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* begin, start

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kun: ただす (tadasu, 肇す)、はじめて (hajimete, 肇めて)、はじめる (hajimeru, 肇める)
* Nanori: こと (koto)、ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、とし (toshi)、なが (naga)、はじめ (hajime)、はじむ (hajimu)、はつ (hatsu)

### Proper noun

* Kanji in this term
* 肇
* はじめ Jinmeiyō
* nanori
肇(はじめ) • (Hajime)
* a male given name

### References

* ↑ “肇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

肇 • (jo) (hangeul 조, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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