樵

樵	U+6A35, 樵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A35

Translingual

Han character

樵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木人土火 (DOGF), four-corner 4093₁, composition ⿰木焦)

Derived characters

藮, 𡃼

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15489
Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1293, character 7
Unihan data for U+6A35

Chinese

simp. and trad.		樵
alternative forms		柴 Hakka and Min

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (焦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	ʔsew, ʔsews, *zew
噍	ʔsew, zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	ʔsew, zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	ʔsew, ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	ʔsews, zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	zew, zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	zew, seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhèu

(Meixian, Guangdong): qiau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
  - Yale: chyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ciu⁴
  - Yale: chìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ceu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ceu²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qiau²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiau¹¹/

Middle Chinese: dzjew

Rime
Character	樵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昨焦切
Baxter	dzjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樵
Reading #	1/1
No.	6354
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵
Old Chinese	/*zew/

Definitions

樵

(literary or Hakka, Min) firewood
to chop firewood; to gather firewood
- 樵彼桑薪，卬烘于煁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Qiáo bǐ sāng xīn, áng hōng yú chén. [Pinyin]
  They gather firewood of branches of the mulberry trees,
  And I burn them [only] in a [small] furnace.
woodcutter

Compounds

References

“樵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

樵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
Kun: きこる (kikoru)、きこり (kikori)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
樵
きこり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 樵 – see the following entry.

【きこり】

[noun] lumberjack

Alternative spellings
樵夫, 木樵

(This term, 樵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [초]

Hanja

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樵

Wikisource

樵 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樵: Hán Nôm readings: tiều

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