Hanja Analyzer
鈔

鈔 — cho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
노략질할 초
Romanization
cho
English
paper money, bank notes; copy
Mandarin
chāo
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ソウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
金 (167, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
少
Unicode
U+9214

Parts that make up 鈔

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 少 적을 소sound 흩어진 작은 알갱이적고 어린 것. ‘초·소’ 계열의 소리

How 鈔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鈔 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 少.

Japanese words with 鈔

  • 壒嚢鈔あいのうしょう Ainosho (dictionary of Buddhism, first published in 1446)
  • あい嚢鈔あいのうしょう Ainosho (dictionary of Buddhism, first published in 1446)
  • 倭名類聚鈔わみょうるいじゅしょう Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

Characters sharing the phonetic 少

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “초”

Other hanja with radical 金

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