蕭

See also: 萧 and 䔥

蕭	U+856D, 蕭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-856D

← 蕬
[U+856C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕮 →
[U+856E]

Translingual

Traditional	蕭
Shinjitai (extended)	䔥
Simplified	萧

Han character

蕭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中X (TLX), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹肅)

Derived characters

瀟櫹蠨

References

KangXi: page 1059, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32012

Dae Jaweon: page 1522, character 15

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3308, character 12

Unihan data for U+856D

Chinese

trad.		蕭
simp.		萧
2nd round simp.		肖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	sɯːw, sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	sɯːw, sɯwɢ
橚	sɯːw, sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

(Chengdu, SP): xiao¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): siu¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiau¹
Gan (Wiktionary): xieu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sêu

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiau¹
Min Dong (BUC): siĕu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sio / siau

(Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ / siou¹
Wu (Wiktionary): xiau (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹
  - Yale: sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhiau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiau³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xieu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛu⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕiau⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio
  - Tâi-lô: sio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
  - Tâi-lô: siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiau³³/

Note:

sio - vernacular;
siau - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siao¹ / siou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³/, /siou³³/

Note:

siao1 - Shantou;
siou1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xiau (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔ⁵³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 蕭
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiau⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕiau⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕiɑu²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕiɔ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/siɔ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/siau²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ɕiau²¹/
	Xining	/ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiɔ³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕiau⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕiau⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕiao⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/siɔo³¹/
	Hefei	/ɕiɔ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕiau¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕiɔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕiɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕiɔ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/siæ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕiɔ³³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕiɛ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/siɔ³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/siu¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/siau³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/siaɯ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiɛu⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/siau⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/seu²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/siu⁵³/
	Nanning	/ɬiu⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/siu⁵³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/siau⁵⁵/ /sio⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/sieu⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/siau⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/siau³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/siau²³/ /tiau²³/

Middle Chinese: /seu/

Rime
Character	蕭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕭	蕭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāo	xiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ sew ›	‹ sew ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁiw/	/*sˁiw/
English	Artemisia	蕭蕭 neighing of horses
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕭
Reading #	1/1
No.	12114
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/

Definitions

蕭

^† Artemisia
mournful; dejected
Alternative form of 瀟／潇 (“sound of wind and rain”).
a surname
蕭颯／萧飒 ― Xiāo Sà ― Hsiao Sa (Taiwanese author)

Usage notes

The character 肖 is more commonly used in the simplified script instead of 萧, when used as a surname or in transcriptions.

Descendants

→ English: Hsiao, Xiao, Siu

Compounds

亂作蕭牆／乱作萧墙
刁蕭／刁萧
囊篋蕭然／囊箧萧然
四壁蕭條／四壁萧条
東坦蕭然／东坦萧然
環堵蕭然／环堵萧然
禍發蕭牆／祸发萧墙
禍稔蕭牆／祸稔萧墙
禍起蕭牆／祸起萧墙 (huòqǐxiāoqiáng)
經濟蕭條／经济萧条
蓼蕭／蓼萧
蕭史／萧史
蕭娘／萧娘
蕭寺／萧寺
蕭山／萧山 (Xiāoshān)
蕭散／萧散

蕭曹／萧曹
蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)
蕭森／萧森
蕭灑／萧洒 (xiāosǎ)
蕭然／萧然
蕭牆／萧墙 (xiāoqiáng)
蕭牆之禍／萧墙之祸
蕭牆禍起／萧墙祸起
蕭瑟／萧瑟 (xiāosè)
蕭疏／萧疏 (xiāoshū)
蕭索／萧索 (xiāosuǒ)
蕭艾／萧艾
蕭蔘／萧𦲞
蕭蕭／萧萧 (xiāoxiāo)
蕭薔／萧蔷

蕭行范篆／萧行范篆
蕭規／萧规
蕭規曹隨／萧规曹随 (xiāoguī-cáosuí)
蕭邦／萧邦 (Xiāobāng)
蕭郎／萧郎 (xiāoláng)
蕭颯／萧飒
蕭齋／萧斋
蘭玉蕭條／兰玉萧条
蘭芷蕭艾／兰芷萧艾
變起蕭牆／变起萧墙 (biànqǐxiāoqiáng)
身後蕭條／身后萧条
釁發蕭牆／衅发萧墙
釁起蕭牆／衅起萧墙
風雨蕭條／风雨萧条
飄蕭／飘萧

Japanese

Shinjitai	䔥
Kyūjitai	蕭

Kanji

蕭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䔥)

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Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kun: よもぎ (yomogi, 蕭)

Korean

Hanja

蕭 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕭: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu

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