# 梢

| 梢 | U+68A2, &#26786; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A2 |
| ← 梡 [U+68A1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 梣 → [U+68A3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

梢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木火月 (DFB), four-corner 4992$_7$, composition ⿰木肖)

#### Derived characters

* 䔠 䈾 𣻘 𦄏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 530, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14866
* Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 1
* Unihan data for U+68A2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 梢
* 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreːw): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shāo (shao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saau$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sau / siau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shao
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^1$
*** Yale: shāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saau$^1$
*** Yale: sāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːu̯⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau / siau
*** Tâi-lô: sau / siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saw, siaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/, /siau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/, /siau⁴⁴/
* sau - literary;
* siau - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: sraew
Rime :
| Character | 梢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 所交切 |
| Baxter | sraew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃau/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 梢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13710 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 梢 |
| Old Chinese | /*sreːw/ |

### Definitions

梢
* pointed tip of something long like a branch
* rudder

### Compounds

* 上梢
* 下梢
* 三梢末尾
* 下梢頭 / 下梢头
* 喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
* 報梢 / 报梢
* 把梢的
* 掂梢折本
* 撈梢 / 捞梢
* 末尾三梢
* 末梢 (mòshāo)
* 末梢神經 / 末梢神经
* 末梢頭 / 末梢头
* 枝梢
* 林梢
* 枷梢
* 梢人
* 梢公 (shāogōng)
* 梢梢
* 梢棒
* 梢間 / 梢间
* 梢雲 / 梢云
* 梢頭 / 梢头
* 樹梢 / 树梢 (shùshāo)
* 沒下梢 / 没下梢
* 沒梢幹 / 没梢干
* 盯梢 (dīngshāo)
* 眉梢 (méishāo)
* 眼梢
* 神經末梢 / 神经末梢 (shénjīng mòshāo)
* 翻梢
* 腳梢天 / 脚梢天
* 船梢
* 謊徹梢虛 / 谎彻梢虚
* 豆蔻梢頭 / 豆蔻梢头
* 頭梢 / 头梢
* 頭梢自領 / 头梢自领

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 梢 |
| Kyūjitai | 梢󠄁 梢+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 梢󠄃 梢+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* treetop

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: かじ (kaji, 梢)、こずえ (kozue, 梢)
* Nanori: あずさ (azusa)、こずえ (kozue)、すえ (sue)、たか (taka)

#### Compounds

* 梢(しょう)頭(とう) (shōtō)
* 花(か)梢(しょう) (kashō)
* 枯(こ)梢(しょう) (koshō)
* 黄(こう)梢(しょう) (kōshō)
* 樹(じゅ)梢(しょう) (jushō)
* 梅(ばい)梢(しょう) (baishō)
* 末(まっ)梢(しょう) (masshō)
* 木(もく)梢(しょう) (mokushō)
* 林(りん)梢(しょう) (rinshō)
* 梢(うれ)付(つ)き塔(とう)婆(ば) (uretsuki tōba)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 梢
* こずえ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 杪
Originally a compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, combining form) +‎ 末 (sue, “tip, end”).
The sue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こずえ [kòzúé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞zɨe̞]

#### Noun

梢(こずえ) • (kozue)
* a treetop
    Synonym: 木末 (konure)

##### Derived terms

* 梢(こずえ)子(こ) (Kozueko)
* 梢(こずえ)の秋(あき) (kozue no aki)
* 梢(こずえ)の嵐(あらし) (kozue no arashi)
* 梢(こずえ)の雲(くも) (kozue no kumo)
* 梢(こずえ)の空(そら) (kozue no sora)
* 梢(こずえ)の床(とこ) (kozue no toko)
* 梢(こずえ)の夏(なつ) (kozue no natsu)
* 梢(こずえ)の春(はる) (kozue no haru)
* 梢(こずえ)の雪(ゆき) (kozue no yuki)
* 雲(くも)の梢(こずえ) (kumo no kozue)

##### Proverbs

* 花(はな)は折(お)りたし梢(こずえ)は高(たか)し (hana wa oritashi kozue wa takashi)

#### Proper noun

梢(こずえ) • (Kozue)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 梢
* しょう Jinmeiyō
* goon
/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 梢 (MC sraew).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕo̞ː]

#### Proper noun

梢(しょう) • (Shō)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1136 (paper), page 619 (digital)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

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

梢: Hán Nôm readings: sao
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