鞘

鞘 · qiào / shāo

scabbard, sheath

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qiào · shāo
Cantonese
ciu3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

scabbard, sheath

Dictionary definitions & readings

鞘 qiào · scabbard; sheath

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74336.070:qiào,shāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0922.070:qiào 1008.010:shāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
301.010:qiào 327.110:shāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qiào粵ciu3 shāo粵saau1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ ソウ さや Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
초:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
所交 私妙 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TJFB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4952.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1388.120 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
152.56 413.34 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9798
Radical
革 · 177
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6047

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
鞘
Strokes
16
Convention
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16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sraew · 所交 · 效開二平肴生 · #691
Middle Chinese
sjewH · 私妙 · 效開三去宵心 · #2766

PHONO-ML, source line 5605; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1467.404
kDaeJaweon
1902.330
kFennIndex
53.03
kHanYu
74336.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1902.330
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74336.070
kIRGKangXi
1388.120
kKangXi
1388.120
kMatthews
2613
kMeyerWempe
2609a
kMorohashi
42850 42850:E0103
kNelson
5099
kSBGY
152.56 413.34
kSMSZD2003Index
766.18
kCangjie
TJFB
kFenn
124E
kFourCornerCode
4952.7
kHKGlyph
4475
kMojiJoho
MJ027991 MJ027992:E0102 MJ027991:E0103
kPhonetic
220
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-474A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C054
kIRG_JSource
J0-3E64
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-857D
kIRG_KSource
K1-7022
kIRG_TSource
T1-727D
kRSUnicode
177.7
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C054
kCCCII
216024
kCNS1986
1-727D
kCNS1992
1-727D
kEACC
216024
kGB0
3942
kGB1
3942
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
3068
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7258
kTGH
2013:6047
kTaiwanTelegraph
7258
kXerox
267:335
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2508+177.9.7 V+7708+177.9.7
kCantonese
ciu3
kDefinition
scabbard, sheath
kFanqie
所交 私妙
kHangul
초:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74336.070:qiào,shāo
kJapanese
ショウ ソウ さや
kJapaneseKun
SAYA
kJapaneseOn
SOU SHOU
kKorean
CHO
kMandarin
qiào
kSMSZD2003Readings
qiào粵ciu3 shāo粵saau1
kTGHZ2013
301.010:qiào 327.110:shāo
kTang
shrau
kXHC1983
0922.070:qiào 1008.010:shāo
kSemanticVariant
U+97D2<kFenn

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Structure & connections

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13dictionary records using 鞘0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
革 beside 肖 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰革肖$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰革肖$(GHTJKP)

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