# 抄

| 抄 | U+6284, &#25220; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6284 |
| ← 抃 [U+6283] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 抅 → [U+6285] |

## Translingual
### Han character

抄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手火竹 (QFH), four-corner 5902$_0$, composition ⿰扌少)

#### Derived characters

* 𠳕, 𣴷, 莏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11863
* Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1836, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6284

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觘 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 抄 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 鈔 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 訬 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ |
| 炒 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 吵 | *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ |
| 耖 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 仯 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 眇 | *mewʔ |
| 渺 | *mewʔ |
| 杪 | *mewʔ |
| 秒 | *mewʔ |
| 篎 | *mewʔ, *mews |
| 妙 | *mews |
| 玅 | *mews |
| 釥 | *sm̥ʰewʔ |
| 小 | *smewʔ |
| 少 | *hmjewʔ, *hmjews |
| 麨 | *m̥ʰjewʔ |
| 尠 | *senʔ, *smos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws): semantic 扌 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāo (chao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caau$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâu
* Eastern Min (BUC): chău
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhau / chhiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cao$^1$ / sa$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāor
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chaor
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chāur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaul
*** Palladius: чаор (čaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caau$^1$
*** Yale: chāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: cau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chău
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau
*** Tâi-lô: tshau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau
*** Tâi-lô: tshiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
* chhiau - vernacular;
* chhau - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsrhaew, tsrhaewH
Rime :
| Character | 抄 | 抄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 楚交切 | 初敎切 |
| Baxter | tsrhaew | tsrhaewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠau/ | /t͡ʃʰˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰau/ | /t͡ʃʰau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰau/ | /t͡ʃʰau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰau/ | /t͡ʃʰau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰau/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chāo | chào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caau$^1$ | caau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sm̥ʰreːw/, /*sm̥ʰreːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 抄 | 抄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13684 | 13690 |
| Phonetic component | 小 | 小 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䜈 | 抄 |
| Old Chinese | /*sm̥ʰreːw/ | /*sm̥ʰreːws/ |
| Notes | 說文作鈔，此爲分化字 | |

### Definitions

抄
* to attack; to raid; to plunder
* to seize; to confiscate
* to take a shortcut
    抄小路 ― chāo xiǎolù ― to take a narrow shortcut
* to fold one's arms
* Alternative form of 焯 (“(cooking) to briefly blanch in boiling water”).
* to copy (by hand)
* to transcribe
* to plagiarize; to copy
    抄功課／抄功课 [Cantonese] ― caau$^1$ gung$^1$ fo$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to plagiarize homework
* (colloquial) to grab
* (Hokkien) to seek; to look for

#### Synonyms

* (to plagiarize):
* 剽取 (piàoqǔ)
* 剽竊 / 剽窃 (piāoqiè)
* 剿襲
* 抄襲 / 抄袭 (chāoxí)
* (to grab): 抓 (zhuā)

#### Compounds

* 傳抄 / 传抄 (chuánchāo)
* 兜抄
* 包抄 (bāochāo)
* 半抄兒 / 半抄儿
* 小抄 (xiǎochāo)
* 影宋抄本
* 手抄 (shǒuchāo)
* 抄事
* 抄件 (chāojiàn)
* 抄估
* 抄化
* 抄奪 / 抄夺
* 抄家 (chāojiā)
* 抄寫 / 抄写 (chāoxiě)
* 抄小路
* 抄手 (chāoshǒu)
* 抄手遊廊 / 抄手游廊
* 抄扎
* 抄掠
* 抄掇
* 抄搶 / 抄抢
* 抄撮
* 抄擊 / 抄击 (chāojī)
* 抄斬 / 抄斩 (chāozhǎn)
* 抄本 (chāoběn)
* 抄札
* 抄殺 / 抄杀 (chāoshā)
* 抄沒 / 抄没 (chāomò)
* 抄獲 / 抄获 (chāohuò)
* 抄球
* 抄用 (chāoyòng)
* 抄發 / 抄发 (chāofā)
* 抄白
* 抄空兒 / 抄空儿
* 抄籍 (chāojí)
* 抄紙 / 抄纸
* 抄總兒 / 抄总儿
* 抄胥
* 抄臺 / 抄台
* 抄襲 / 抄袭 (chāoxí)
* 抄賭 / 抄赌
* 抄起
* 抄身 (chāoshēn)
* 抄轉 / 抄转
* 抄近路 (chāo jìnlù)
* 抄送 (chāosòng)
* 抄造
* 抄錄 / 抄录 (chāolù)
* 抄陳 / 抄陈
* 抄靶子
* 文抄公 (wénchāogōng)
* 東抄西襲 / 东抄西袭
* 查抄 (cháchāo)
* 滿門抄斬 / 满门抄斩 (mǎnménchāozhǎn)
* 照抄 (zhàochāo)
* 瓜蔓抄
* 目披手抄
* 精抄本
* 背抄手
* 邸抄

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* unit of volume of about 1.804 mL, defined as one-tenth of 勺(しゃく) (shaku)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: とる (toru)、かすめとる (kasumetoru, 抄とる)、かすめる (kasumeru, 抄める)、うつす (utsusu, 抄す)、すくう (sukuu, 抄う)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 抄
* しょう Grade: S
* goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 抄 – see the following entry. :
| 【鈔しょう】H | [noun] an excerpt, an extract (writing) [noun] an annotation [noun] a unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 勺 (shaku) and one hundredth of a 合 (gō), or approximately 1.8 millilitres |
(This term, 抄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

抄 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

抄: Hán Nôm readings: sao, xao
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