皂

See also: 皁 and 皀
皂 U+7682, 皂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7682
← 皁
[U+7681]
CJK Unified Ideographs 皃 →
[U+7683]

Translingual

Han character

皂 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹日心 (HAP), four-corner 26711, composition ⿱白七)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 786, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22685
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2644, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7682

Chinese

trad. 皂
simp. # 皂
alternative forms 皁
𣅖
𤼿

Glyph origin

Variant form of 皁 (zào), in turn a variant form of 早 retaining its original sense (see there for more).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chō/chǒ͘ - literary;
  • chǒ - vernacular;
  • chô - vernacular (俗).

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 皂
Reading # 1/1
No. 16551
Phonetic
component
早
Rime
group
幽
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
皁
Old
Chinese
/*zuːʔ/
Notes 皁字注俗體,折筆以轉註分化

Definitions

皂

  1. black
    不分青紅皂白/不分青红皂白  ―  bùfēnqīnghóngzàobái  ―  (literally) to not distinguish between blue-green, red, black and white.
  2. Short for 皂斗 (“acorn”).
  3. Short for 皂莢/皂荚 (zàojiá, “Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)”).
  4. soap
    Synonym: 肥皂 (féizào)
    香皂  ―  xiāngzào  ―  scented soap
  5. † yamen runner
    Synonym: 差役 (chāiyì)

Synonyms

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

皂: Hán Việt readings: tạo[1], sàu, sạu, tạu, sạo

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References

  1. Trần (2004).
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