肇

肇	U+8087, 肇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8087

← 肆
[U+8086]

CJK Unified Ideographs

肈 →
[U+8088]

Translingual

Han character

肇 (Kangxi radical 129, 聿+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中手 (HKLQ) or 戈大中手 (IKLQ), four-corner 3850₇, composition ⿱𢼄聿)

Derived characters

𬑷, 𬢅

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 972, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29228
Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3168, character 5
Unihan data for U+8087

Chinese

trad.		肇
simp. ^#		肇
alternative forms		肈肁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肁	*dawʔ
肇	*dawʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dawʔ): phonetic 肁 (OC *dawʔ) + semantic 攵 (“hand action”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): siau⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): seu

(Hailu, HRS): shau^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): diêu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiǎu

(Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zau / ⁴zau / ²zhiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
  - Wade–Giles: chao⁴
  - Yale: jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu⁶
  - Yale: siuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: siau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shau^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃau¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diau
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
  - Tâi-lô: tiǎu
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Jinjiang): /tiau³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zau
  - MiniDict: zau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zɔ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zɔ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /szɔ³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zæ²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /zaɯ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /zɒ¹¹/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁴zau
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zɔ²²/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ²zhiau
  - MiniDict: zhiau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ʑiɔ³¹³/

Middle Chinese: drjewX

Rime
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	治小切
Baxter	drjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiaw^X/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛu^X/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*dawʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16898
Phonetic component	肁
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	肇
Old Chinese	/*dawʔ/

Definitions

肇

(literary) to commence; to start; to begin
(literary) to cause
short for 肇慶／肇庆 (Zhàoqìng, “Zhaoqing”)
廣肇會館／广肇会馆 ― Guǎng Zhào huìguǎn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

僧肇
肇事 (zhàoshì)
肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě)
肇因 (zhàoyīn)
肇基 (zhàojī)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ)
肇慶 / 肇庆 (Zhàoqìng)
肇禍 / 肇祸 (zhàohuò)
肇禍者 / 肇祸者
肇端 (zhàoduān)
肇論 / 肇论
肇造

Japanese

Shinjitai	肇
Kyūjitai ^[1]	肇󠄁 肇+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	肇󠄃 肇+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

肇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

begin, start

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
Kun: ただす (tadasu, 肇す)、はじめて (hajimete, 肇めて)、はじめる (hajimeru, 肇める)
Nanori: こと (koto)、ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、とし (toshi)、なが (naga)、はじめ (hajime)、はじむ (hajimu)、はつ (hatsu)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
肇
はじめ Jinmeiyō
nanori

肇(はじめ) • (Hajime)

a male given name

References

^ “肇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

肇 • (jo) (hangeul 조, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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[1] “肇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

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