抄 · chāo
copy, confiscate, seize
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
copy, confiscate, seize
- Mandarin
- chāo
- Cantonese
- caau1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 抄 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ショウ ソウ サ かすめとる かすめる すく とるKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 초
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+6284
- Radical
- 手 · 64
- Strokes
- 7 · Unihan
- Residual
- 4
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
7 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 抄
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 少 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 少聲
Line 542 · ⿰扌少 · 少聲
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- tsrhaew · 楚交 反切 · #700
- Middle Chinese
- tsrhaewX · 初爪 反切 · #1710
- Middle Chinese
- tsrhaewH · 初敎 反切 · #2802
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 5661 · tsrhaew = 效開二平肴初 · tsrhaewX = 效開二上肴初 · tsrhaewH = 效開二去肴初
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- chāo
- kCantonese
- caau1
- kDefinition
- copy, confiscate, seize
- kTotalStrokes
- 7
- kRSUnicode
- 64.4
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:626
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- chāo,suō,chào,chǎo 31836.060
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- chāo 0125.090
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- chāo 039.160
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- chāo(70)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- chāo粵caau1
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 楚交 初爪 初敎
- Kangxi positions
- 0420.100
- Guangyun positions
- 154.14 416.46
- Cangjie
- QFH
- Four-corner
- 5902.0