そう

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そう U+594F, 奏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-594F

[U+594E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5950]

Translingual

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Han character

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そう (Kangxi radical 37, だい+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹おおたけまさる (QKHK), four-corner 50430, composition 𡗗てん)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5915
  • Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 537, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+594F

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
そう
alternative forms 𠂑

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character そう
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意かいい会意かいい) : two hands () holding an object, perhaps a musical instrument used during a sacrifical ritual (the lower part of the object originally was similar to ).

Otherwise, the whole character depicts two hands collecting resin () from a cut tree.

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • chàu - vernacular;
  • chò/chò͘ - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location そう
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡sou⁵¹/
    Harbin /t͡sou⁵³/
    Tianjin /t͡sou⁵³/
    Jinan /t͡sou²¹/
    Qingdao /t͡sou⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /t͡sou³¹²/
    Xi'an /t͡sou⁴⁴/
    Xining /t͡sɯ²¹³/
    Yinchuan /t͡səu¹³/
    Lanzhou /t͡sou¹³/
    Ürümqi /tɤu²¹³/
    Wuhan /t͡səu³⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡səu¹³/
    Guiyang /t͡səu²¹³/
    Kunming /t͡səu²¹²/
    Nanjing /t͡səɯ⁴⁴/
    Hefei /t͡sɯ⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡səu⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /t͡səu³⁵/
    Hohhot /t͡səu⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡sɤ³⁵/
    Suzhou /t͡sɤ⁵¹³/
    Hangzhou /t͡sei⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sau⁴²/
    Hui Shexian /t͡so³²⁴/
    Tunxi /t͡siu⁴²/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡səu⁵⁵/
    Xiangtan /t͡səɯ⁵⁵/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sɛu⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡seu⁵³/
    Taoyuan /t͡seu⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɐu³³/
    Nanning /t͡sɐu³³/
    Hong Kong /t͡sɐu³³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sɔ²¹/
    /t͡sau²¹/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sɑu²¹²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡se³³/
    Shantou (Teochew) /zau²¹³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sɔu³⁵/

    Rime
    Character そう
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (こえ) せい (13)
    Final (いん) ほう (137)
    Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H)
    Openness (ひらきあい) Open
    Division (ひとし) I
    Fanqie のりこうきり
    Baxter tsuwH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡səuH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡səuH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡səuH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /t͡səwH/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡suH/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡səuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡sə̯uH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zòu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zau3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character そう
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zòu
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsuwH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tsˁo(ʔ)-s/
    English bring forward; perform (music)

    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 そう
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17908
    Phonetic
    component
    そう
    Rime
    group
    ほう
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    そう
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ʔsoːs/

    Definitions

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    そう

    1. (literary, or in compounds) to offer as tribute; to present with respect; to offer up; to dedicate to
    2. (historical) to present a memorial to an emperor
    3. (literary, or in compounds) to achieve; to gain; to obtain
    4. (literary, or in compounds) to play a musical instrument; to give an instrumental performance
    5. (historical) report; memorial
    6. (literary, or in compounds) beat; meter; rhythm
    7. a surname: Zou

    Synonyms

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    • (to offer as tribute):
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    • (to play a musical instrument):
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    • (beat):
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    Compounds

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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (そう):
    • Vietnamese: tấu (そう)

    Pronunciation 2

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    For pronunciation and definitions of そう – see みなと (“to gather together; to assemble; to approach; to come closer; to draw near; etc.”).
    (This character is an ancient form of みなと).
    For pronunciation and definitions of そう – see (“the tissue between the skin and the flesh”).
    (This character is an ancient form of ).

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    そう

    (Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. play music

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    そう (ju) (hangeul , revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    そう: Hán Nôm readings: tấu, táu, tâu, thần

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