# 縞

| 縞 | U+7E1E, &#32286; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E1E |
| ← 縝 [U+7E1D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 縟 → [U+7E1F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

縞 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜口月 (VFYRB), four-corner 2092$_7$, composition ⿰糹高)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 934, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27777
* Dae Jaweon: page 1373, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3438, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7E1E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 縞 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 高 | *kaːw |
| 膏 | *kaːw, *kaːws |
| 篙 | *kaːw |
| 稿 | *kaːwʔ |
| 稾 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws |
| 槁 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ |
| 縞 | *kaːwʔ, *kaːws |
| 暠 | *kaːwʔ |
| 槀 | *kaːwʔ |
| 藁 | *kaːwʔ |
| 燺 | *kʰaːwʔ |
| 薧 | *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw |
| 犒 | *kʰaːws |
| 蒿 | *qʰaːw |
| 藃 | *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw |
| 豪 | *ɡaːw |
| 毫 | *ɡaːw |
| 壕 | *ɡaːw |
| 濠 | *ɡaːw |
| 鎬 | *ɡaːwʔ |
| 滈 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ |
| 鄗 | *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ |
| 鰝 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ |
| 薃 | *ɡaːwʔ |
| 搞 | *kruːʔ |
| 敲 | *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws |
| 髇 | *qʰraːw |
| 嗃 | *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ |
| 巐 | *kʰl'awʔ |
| 歊 | *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ |
| 謞 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ |
| 熇 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ |
| 碻 | *kʰraːwɢ |
| 塙 | *kʰraːwɢ |
| 毃 | *kʰraːwɢ |
| 翯 | *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ |
| 瀥 | *qʰraːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːwʔ, *kaːws): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

### Etymology

Same word as 暠 (OC *kaːwʔ, “bright; white”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǎo (gao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^3$
*** Yale: gǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
*** Palladius: гао (gao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^2$
*** Yale: góu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kawX, kawH
Rime :
| Character | 縞 | 縞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 古老切 | 古到切 |
| Baxter | kawX | kawH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑu$^X$/ | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑu$^X$/ | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑu$^X$/ | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaw$^X$/ | /kaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑu$^X$/ | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑu$^X$/ | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑu$^X$/ | /kɑu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gǎo | gào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gou$^2$ | gou$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/, /*kaːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 縞 | 縞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3732 | 3737 |
| Phonetic component | 高 | 高 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 暠 | 誥 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːwʔ/ | /*kaːws/ |

### Definitions

縞
* (historical) white raw silk
* (literary) white
* (literary) to shine upon

### Compounds

* 炫晝縞夜 / 炫昼缟夜
* 綺縞 / 绮缟
* 縞冠 / 缟冠
* 縞素 / 缟素 (gǎosù)
* 縞紵 / 缟纻
* 縞衣 / 缟衣
* 齊紈魯縞 / 齐纨鲁缟

### Descendants

* → Tocharian B: *kaum ~ kom (“[a bolt of] unbleached silk”), kaumma ? pl (accusative)

## Japanese
### Glyph origin
#### しま (shima, “stripe”)

    国訓(こっくん) (kokkun); hence perhaps an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 糹 (“silk”) + semantic 高 (“high”), in reference to stripes on linens. Compare 鎬(しのぎ) (shinogi, “grind line”).

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* stripe

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: しろぎぬ (shiroginu, 縞)、しま (shima, 縞)

### Noun

縞(しま) • (shima)
* stripe

#### Derived terms

* 縞(しま)馬(うま) (shimauma, “zebra”)
* 縞(しま)栗(り)鼠(す) (shimarisu, “chipmunk”)

## Korean
### Hanja

縞 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

縞: Hán Việt readings: cảo
* chữ Hán form of cảo (“white raw silk (historical)”).

#### References

* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).