# 劭

| 劭 | U+52AD, &#21165; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52AD |
| ← 劬 [U+52AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 劮 → [U+52AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

劭 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸口大尸 (SRKS), four-corner 1462$_7$, composition ⿰召力)
* encourage
* to excel
* excellent

#### Derived characters

* 𠢌, 𤉎, 𦀧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2318
* Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 369, character 5
* Unihan data for U+52AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 魛 | *taːw |
| 舠 | *taːw |
| 朷 | *taːw, *moːɡ |
| 叨 | *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw |
| 倒 | *taːwʔ, *taːws |
| 到 | *taːws |
| 菿 | *taːws, *rtaːwɢ |
| 鞀 | *deːw |
| 鳭 | *rteːw, *teːw |
| 灱 | *hreːw |
| 菬 | *sdew, *tjewʔ |
| 超 | *tʰew |
| 怊 | *tʰew, *tʰjew |
| 欩 | *tʰew |
| 召 | *dews, *djews |
| 昭 | *tjew |
| 招 | *tjew |
| 鉊 | *tjew |
| 沼 | *tjewʔ |
| 照 | *tjews |
| 詔 | *tjews |
| 炤 | *tjews |
| 弨 | *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ |
| 眧 | *tʰjewʔ |
| 韶 | *djew |
| 佋 | *djew, *djewʔ |
| 軺 | *djew, *lew |
| 玿 | *djew |
| 柖 | *djew |
| 紹 | *djewʔ |
| 袑 | *djewʔ |
| 綤 | *djewʔ |
| 邵 | *djews |
| 劭 | *djews |
| 卲 | *djews |
| 刁 | *teːw |
| 芀 | *teːw, *deːw |
| 貂 | *teːw |
| 蛁 | *teːw |
| 迢 | *deːw |
| 苕 | *deːw |
| 髫 | *deːw |
| 岧 | *deːw |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shào (shao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): seu
    (Hailu, HRS): shau$^ˇ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siêu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siāu
* 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: siu$^6$
*** Yale: siuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shau$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃau¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siêu
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛu²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬieu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāu
*** Tâi-lô: siāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau³³/
* Middle Chinese: dzyewH
Rime :
| Character | 劭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 寔照切 |
| Baxter | dzyewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑiaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djews/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 劭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2150 |
| Phonetic component | 刀 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邵 |
| Old Chinese | /*djews/ |

### Definitions

劭
* (literary) to encourage
* (literary) good; eminent
    年高德劭 ― niángāodéshào ― to be advanced in age and eminent in virtue

### References

* “劭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “劭”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 207.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* encourage
* diligent
* beautiful

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 劭める)
* Nanori: すすむ (susumu)、たかし (takashi)、つとむ (tsutomu)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

劭: Hán Nôm readings: thiệu
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