硝

硝 U+785D, 硝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-785D
← 硜
[U+785C]
CJK Unified Ideographs 硞 →
[U+785E]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order
12 strokes

硝 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口火月 (MRFB), four-corner 19627, composition ⿰石肖)

  1. saltpeter, niter
  2. to tan

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24201
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2433, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+785D

Chinese

trad. 硝
simp. # 硝

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sew) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 硝
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 相邀切
Baxter sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siaw/
Li
Rong
/siɛu/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
siu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 硝
Reading # 1/1
No. 13742
Phonetic
component
肖
Rime
group
宵
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
宵
Old
Chinese
/*sew/

Definitions

硝

  1. (inorganic chemistry) saltpetre, niter
  2. to tan

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 硝
Kyūjitai
[1]

硝󠄁
硝+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
硝󠄃
硝+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

硝

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. saltpeter, niter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO3).

Readings

Compounds

References

  1. “硝”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

硝 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

硝: Hán Việt readings: tiêu

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Compounds

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