# 潲

| 潲 | U+6F72, &#28530; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F72 |
| ← 潱 [U+6F71] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 潳 → [U+6F73] |

## Translingual
### Han character

潲 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水竹木月 (EHDB), four-corner 3912$_7$, composition ⿰氵稍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 650, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18285
* Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1743, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6F72

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreːws): semantic 水 + phonetic 稍 (OC *sreːws).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shào (shao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sau$^3$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sao$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sàu / sáu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sao$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sau
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): sau$^4$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): sau$^4$
* 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: saau$^3$
*** Yale: saau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːu̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sau³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau⁴⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sao$^4$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̍u
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬau⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu
*** Tâi-lô: sàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saux
*** IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /sau²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sáu
*** Tâi-lô: sáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sao
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sao$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sàu
*** Sinological IPA : /sau²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sau
*** MiniDict: sau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɒu̯⁴⁵/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɑʊ̯³²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sraewH
Rime :
| Character | 潲 |
| 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
    (Zhengzhang): /*sreːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 潲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13729 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 豹 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 稍 |
| Old Chinese | /*sreːws/ |

#### Definitions

潲
* swill
* (colloquial, of rain) to fall aslant
       Shào yǔ le, zán gǎnjǐn guān chuānghu. [Pinyin]
       Rain is falling aslant. Let's quickly close the windows.
* (dialectal, including Beijing and Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Jin) to sprinkle; to spray

#### Compounds

* 潲水 (shàoshuǐ)
* 豬潲 / 猪潲

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siàu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siao$^5$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siàu
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯au̯¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâu
*** Tâi-lô: siâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâu
*** Sinological IPA : /siau⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

潲
* (Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, vulgar) semen
* (Hokkien, vulgar, postpositive) Vulgar intensifier suffix added after certain verbs and adjectives to make it sound more vulgar.: the fuck; as fuck; as hell
    啥潲 [Hokkien] ― siáⁿ-siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― what the fuck
    嘐潲 [Hokkien] ― hau-siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― fake as hell
    衰潲 [Hokkien] ― soe-siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to be unfortunate as hell
    吵潲 [Hokkien] ― chhá siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― noisy as fuck
    空歁潲 [Hokkien] ― khong-khám siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― arrogant/stupid/crazy as fuck
    笑潲 [Hokkien] ― chhiò siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to laugh as hell
    洽潲 [Hokkien] ― ka̍p-siâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― dumb as hell

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 精 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 精液 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 精液, 㞞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 精液, 洨, 精 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 㞞, 雞巴湯兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 㞞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 㞞, 精 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 㞞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 㞞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 㞞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 㞞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 㞞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 㞞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 㞞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 㞞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 㞞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 精水, 精液, 頭兒油, 化豬油, 豬油 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 漿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 精水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 精水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 㞞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 㞞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𨳍水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 精液, 精 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 精液 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 精水 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 𨳍水 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 𨳍水, 炮油 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 精液 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 精 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 精液, 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 𡳞屎, 潲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 𡳞屎, 潲水 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Changting | 淫 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 精子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 潲膏 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 脧仁 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 精 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 卵屎 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 卵屎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 精水 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 精水 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 精液 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 潲 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 𡳞屎 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 𡳞屎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 㞞, 鳥漿 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 㞞 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 精, 㞞 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 精液 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 㞞 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 㞞, 㞞糊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 精 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 潲, 精水 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 潲, 精水 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 精 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 潲 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 潲, 潲水 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 精 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 精 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 精 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 𡳞屎 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𡳞屎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 精, 𨳍水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 精, 白脫油, 白脫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 㞞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 精 |
| Wu | Danyang | 㞞 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 㞞, 陽水 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 卵漿, 漿水 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頹漿 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 㞞 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 卵漿, 精子 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 卵射漿, 精液 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 卵水, 水, 漿, 烏龜尿 |

#### Compounds

* 創啥潲 / 创啥潲 (Min Nan)
* 啥潲 (siáⁿ-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 嘐潲 (hau-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 嘐潲話 / 嘐潲话 (hau-siâu-ōe) (Min Nan)
* 孽潲 (gia̍t-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 㤉潲 (gê-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 挐潲潲 (jû-siâu-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 插潲 (chhap-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 洽潲
* 潲面
* 衰潲 (soe-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 訕潲 / 讪潲 (soān-siâu) (Min Nan)
* 講嘐潲話 / 讲嘐潲话 (Min Nan)
* 謔潲 / 谑潲
* 譀潲 / 𰶆潲
* 譀狗潲 / 𰶆狗潲
* 貓潲 / 猫潲

### References

* “潲”, 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–
* “潲”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “潲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 207.