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)

References

KangXi: 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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

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

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

(Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴
Min Dong (BUC): diêu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiǎu

(Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): ³zau

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu
  - Tâi-lô: tiǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²²/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /tiau³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³zau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiᴇu^X/

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
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/
Bernard 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 example)

Compounds

僧肇
肇事 (zhàoshì)
肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě)
肇因 (zhàoyīn)

肇基 (zhàojī)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ)
肇端 (zhàoduān)
肇造

肇慶／肇庆 (Zhàoqìng)
肇禍／肇祸 (zhàohuò)
肇禍者／肇祸者
肇論／肇论

Japanese

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

肇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

肇(はじめ) • (Hajime)

a male given name

References

“肇”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023