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.

吵 妙 抄 沙 炒 眇 砂 秒 紗 耖

Other hanja read “초”

偢 僬 初 剿 劭 勦 哨 嘮 噍 嫶 岧 峭 嶕 怊 悄 愀 憔 抄 招 杪 梢 椒 楚 樵 炒 焦 燋 硝 礁 礎 秒 稍 綃 耖 肖 艸 苕 草 蕉 誚 譙 貂 超 趠 軺 迢 酢 醋 醮 鍫 鍬 鞘 顦 髫 鷦 齠

Other hanja with radical 金

金 釗 釘 釜 針 釣 釤 釦 釧 釪 釭 釵 釿 鈇 鈍 鈐 鈑 鈒 鈕 鈗 鈜 鈞 鈟 鈴 鈵 鈷 鈸 鈺 鈿 鉀 鉁 鉄 鉅 鉉 鉋 鉍 鉎 鉏 鉐 鉑 鉒 鉗 鉛 鉞 鉢 鉤 鉥 鉦 鉱 鉷 鉼 鉾 銀 銃 銅 銋 銍 銎 銑 銓

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