# 稍

| 稍 | U+7A0D, &#31245; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A0D |
| ← 稌 [U+7A0C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 税 → [U+7A0E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

稍 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木火月 (HDFB), four-corner 2992$_7$, composition ⿰禾肖)

#### Derived characters

* 潲 蕱 𠿀 𥳓 𡡏 𢵥 𬖹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 854, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25083
* Dae Jaweon: page 1279, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2606, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7A0D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 稍
* 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): shāo, shào (shao$^1$, shao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ, ㄕㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sau / siau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciao$^2$ / ciou$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shao
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^1$
*** Yale: shāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** 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$^2$
*** Yale: sáau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
*** Tâi-lô: sau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
*** Tâi-lô: siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ciao$^2$ / ciou$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáu / tshióu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiau⁵²/, /t͡sʰiou⁵²/
* ciao2 - Shantou;
* ciou2 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: sraewH
Rime :
| Character | 稍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 所敎切 |
| Baxter | sraewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s](ˤ)rew-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sreːws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 稍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sræw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s](ˁ)rew-s/ |
| English | rations |
| 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 | 稍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13725 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 稍 |
| Old Chinese | /*sreːws/ |

### Definitions

稍
* a little; slightly; rather
    請稍等／请稍等 ― qǐng shāoděng ― please wait a moment
* siyah (stiffened end of a composite bow)
    大稍弓 ― dàshāogōng ― Ming dynasty Large-Ear bow
    小稍弓 ― xiǎoshāogōng ― Ming dynasty Small-Ear bow
* a surname, Shao

#### Synonyms

* (a little):
* 一些 (yīxiē)
* 多少 (duōshǎo)
* 小可 (Hokkien)
* 小可仔 (Hokkien)
* 微微仔 (Hokkien)
* 拉圇 / 拉囵 (Hokkien)
* 普二略 (Hokkien)
* 普其略 (Hokkien)
* 普普仔 (Hokkien)
* 有些 (yǒuxiē)
* 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
* 略仔 (Hokkien)
* 略微 (lüèwēi)
* 略為 / 略为 (lüèwéi)
* 略略 (lüèlüè)
* 略略仔 (Hokkien)
* 稍微 (shāowēi)
* 稍為 / 稍为 (shāowéi)
* 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
* 粗粗 (Hakka)
* 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
* 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
* 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 頗略仔 / 颇略仔 (Hokkien)
* 麻微 (Hokkien)
* 麻文 (Hokkien)

#### Compounds

* 吊稍
* 廩稍 / 廪稍
* 末尾三稍
* 眊眊稍稍
* 稍事
* 稍候 (shāohòu)
* 稍勝一籌 / 稍胜一筹
* 稍占上風
* 稍後 / 稍后 (shāohòu)
* 稍微 (shāowēi)
* 稍息
* 稍房
* 稍瓜打驢 / 稍瓜打驴
* 稍稍 (shāoshāo)
* 稍縱即逝 / 稍纵即逝 (shāozòngjíshì)
* 稍袋
* 稍許 / 稍许 (shāoxǔ)
* 稍遜一籌 / 稍逊一筹 (shāoxùnyīchóu)
* 稍長膽壯 / 稍长胆壮
* 稍食
* 脫稍兒 / 脱稍儿
* 腳稍 / 脚稍
* 花稍
* 頭稍 / 头稍
* 頭稍自領 / 头稍自领

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: やや (yaya, 稍)、ようやく (yōyaku, 稍く)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 稍
* やや Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 稍 – see the following entry. :
| 【やや】 | [adverb] slightly Alternative spelling 漸 |
(This term, 稍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

稍 (eum 초 (cho))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

稍: Hán Nôm readings: sảo, rảo, xao
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