俎

See also: 爼
俎 U+4FCE, 俎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FCE
← 俍
[U+4FCD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 俏 →
[U+4FCF]

Translingual

Han character

俎 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人人月一 (OOBM), four-corner 87810, composition ⿰仌且)

  1. chopping board or chopping block
  2. painted

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 679
  • Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 156, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4FCE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
俎
alternative forms 爼
𤕲
且

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俎
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – sacrificial altar for meat. The altar's legs are on the left and the vessel is on the right.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 俎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 側吕切
Baxter tsrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃiɔX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zo2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 俎
Reading # 1/1
No. 10447
Phonetic
component
且
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsraʔ/

Definitions

俎

  1. (historical) sacrificial altar; stand or vessel for meat and food sacrifice
  2. (literary) chopping board; chopping block
  3. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

俎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
俎
そ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 俎 (MC tsrjoX, “a wooden stand used in offering rites”). Compare modern Cantonese reading zo2.

Pronunciation

Noun

俎(そ) • (so) 

  1. sacrificial altar
  2. cutting board; a chopping board
Usage notes

This reading appears to be less common. For the cutting board sense in particular, the manaita reading below is more common.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
俎
まないた
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 俎 – see the following entry.
【まな板いた】
[noun] a chopping board, a cutting board
[noun] (slang) a girl with a flat chest (compare the English expression flat as a board)
Alternative spellings
俎板, 真魚板
(This term, 俎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

俎 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho)

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