硝

硝 U+785D, 硝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-785D
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[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: 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
Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梢 *sreːw
捎 *sreːw, *sew
筲 *sreːw
鞘 *sreːw, *slewɢs
艄 *sreːw
蛸 *sreːw, *sew
髾 *sreːw
輎 *sreːw
旓 *sreːw
弰 *sreːw
鮹 *sreːw, *sew
綃 *sreːw, *sew
颵 *sreːw
莦 *sreːw, *sew
娋 *sreːw, *sreːws
稍 *sreːws
哨 *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱 *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲 *sreːws
睄 *sreːws
悄 *sʰewʔ
俏 *sʰews
峭 *sʰews
陗 *sʰews
帩 *sʰews
誚 *zews
消 *sew
宵 *sew
霄 *sew
硝 *sew
銷 *sew
逍 *sew
魈 *sew
痟 *slew
焇 *sew
肖 *slew, *slews
韒 *slewɢs
趙 *l'ewʔ
箾 *seːw, *sleːw
踃 *seːw
削 *slewɢ
矟 *sreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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
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)
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Kanji
硝

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

Compounds
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—2023

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
Compounds
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