# 紹

| 紹 | U+7D39, &#32057; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D39 |
| ← 紸 [U+7D38] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 紺 → [U+7D3A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

紹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸竹口 (VFSHR), four-corner 2796$_2$, composition ⿰糹召)

#### Derived characters

* 𦹄

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 920, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27361
* Dae Jaweon: page 1352, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3388, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7D39

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djewʔ): semantic 糸 + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shào (shao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): seu
    (Hailu, HRS): shau$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sau$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): iàu
* Eastern Min (BUC): siêu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siāu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siao$^6$ / siou$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zau
* 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/
** (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/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shau$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃau¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iàu
*** Sinological IPA : /iau⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siêu
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛu²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sā̤u
*** 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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siao$^6$ / siou$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
*** Sinological IPA : /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/
* siao6 - Shantou;
* siou6 - Chaozhou.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit紹 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂɑu⁵³/ /sɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂau²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʂɔ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /sau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /sao⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /sau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʂɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sɔ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zɔ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zæ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zɔ¹³/ /zɔ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jiɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiɔ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕio¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʂaɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɛu²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sau⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʃeu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /siu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /siu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /siu²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siau²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siɛu²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /iau⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /siau³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡siau³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: dzyewX
Rime :
| Character | 紹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 市沼切 |
| Baxter | dzyewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑiaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djewʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 紹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2144 |
| Phonetic component | 刀 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 紹 |
| Old Chinese | /*djewʔ/ |

### Definitions

紹
* to continue; to carry on
* Short for 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng, “Shaoxing”).
* a surname

### Compounds

* 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào)
* 介紹人 / 介绍人 (jièshàorén)
* 介紹所 / 介绍所 (jièshàosuǒ)
* 偠紹 / 偠绍
* 克紹箕裘 / 克绍箕裘
* 婚友介紹 / 婚友介绍
* 接紹香煙 / 接绍香烟
* 白紹拉河 / 白绍拉河
* 紹介 / 绍介 (shàojiè)
* 紹休聖緒 / 绍休圣绪
* 紹劇 / 绍剧 (shàojù)
* 紹承 / 绍承
* 紹繚 / 绍缭
* 紹興 / 绍兴 (Shàoxīng)
* 紹興師爺 / 绍兴师爷
* 紹興酒 / 绍兴酒 (Shàoxīngjiǔ)
* 紹述 / 绍述
* 自我介紹 / 自我介绍 (zìwǒ jièshào)
* 陳紹 / 陈绍 (chénshào)

### References

* “紹”, 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), “绍”, 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

(Jōyō kanji)
* introduce

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 紹ぐ)

#### Compounds

* 紹介
* 紹恢
* 紹興酒
* 紹述
* 紹復

## Korean
### Hanja

紹 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

紹: Hán Nôm readings: thiệu, chão
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