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

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		 /ɖˠiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖiawX/
Li
Rong		 /ȡjɛuX/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ziu6
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

  1. (literary) to commence; to start; to begin
  2. (literary) to cause
  3. 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

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)

  1. begin, start

Readings

Proper noun

肇(はじめ) • (Hajime) 

  1. a male given name

References
  1. “肇”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

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

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