肖

肖 U+8096, 肖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8096 ← 肕 [U+8095] CJK Unified Ideographs 肗 → [U+8097]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

肖 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火月 (FB), four-corner 9022₇, composition ⿱⺌月(GHJ) or ⿱⺌⺼(T) or ⿱小月(K))

Derived characters

• 俏 哨 娋 峭 帩 弰 悄 捎 旓 梢 消 焇 琑 睄 矟 硝 稍 䇌 綃(绡) 䏴 艄 蛸 䘯 誚(诮) 踃 輎 銷(销) 陗 䨭 鞘 韒 鮹(𱇯) 䴛 趙(赵) 逍 颵 魈 削 㲖 痟 㲵 宵 筲 莦 霄 髾 屑 𡌔 𡯩 𢓮 𣆺 𤙜 𤞚 𤫾 𥙬 𥹶 𦓴 𧣪 𧳍 𧶈 𨡀 𩛱 𩡈 𩩓 𪌯 𪑊 𪘞 𣭱 𢼼 𤿨 𦐺 𨛍 𩠦 𪁎 𢈭 𦚍 𡜽 𬳘 𮆂 𮝥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 973, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29263
• Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2045, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8096

Chinese

trad.		肖
simp. #		肖
alternative forms		宵 “to resemble”

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肖
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	*sreːw, *sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	*sreːw, *slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	*sreːw, *sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	*sreːw, *sew
綃	*sreːw, *sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	*sreːw, *sew
娋	*sreːw, *sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	*sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱	*sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	*slew, *slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	*seːw, *sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *slew, *slews) : phonetic 小 (OC *smewʔ) + semantic 肉 (“meat”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	肖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	私妙切
Baxter	sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawH/
Li Rong	/siɛuH/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肖
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiào
Middle Chinese	‹ sjewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ew-s/
English	resemble
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	肖
Reading #	2/2
No.	13755
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥬇
Old Chinese	/*slews/
Notes	從肉小會消瘠意， 小非聲，與後起從肉肖聲翟聲字同源

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiào (xiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): seu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): sáiu / siéu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ / siou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴
    • Yale: syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu³
    • Yale: chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /siau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sáiu / siéu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑu²¹³/, /siɛu²¹³/

Note: sáiu - zodiac animal.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu
    • Tâi-lô: siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁶ / siou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău / siŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵/, /siou³⁵/

Note:

• siao6 - Shantou;
• siou6 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: sjewH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ew-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slews/

Definitions

肖

1. to resemble

   不肖  ―  bùxiào  ―  unworthy (literally, “to not resemble (one's parents)”)

2. to imitate

   肖像  ―  xiàoxiàng  ―  portrait

3. (dialectal) to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
4. (rare) a surname

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	屬
	Singapore	屬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屬
	Wanrong	屬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屬
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	屬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	屬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	屬
Gan	Nanchang	屬
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	肖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	肖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	肖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	肖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	肖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	肖
Huizhou	Jixi	肖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	肖
Southern Min	Xiamen	相
	Quanzhou	相
	Zhangzhou	相
	Tainan	相
	Penang (Hokkien)	相
	Singapore (Hokkien)	相
	Jieyang	相
	Haikou	席
Wu	Ningbo	肖
	Wenzhou	肖
	Jinhua	肖, 屬

Dialectal synonyms of 屬 (“to be born in the year of (one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		似
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		像
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	像
	Malaysia	像
	Singapore	像
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	像
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	像
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	像
	Wuhan	像
	Guilin	像
Cantonese	Guangzhou	似
	Hong Kong	似
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	似
	Singapore (Guangfu)	似
Gan	Nanchang	像
	Lichuan	像
Jin	Taiyuan	像
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	像
Southern Min	Xiamen	像
	Taipei	像
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	像
	Kaohsiung	像
	Yilan	像
	Changhua (Lukang)	像
	Taichung	像
	Tainan	像
	Hsinchu	像
	Kinmen	像
	Penghu (Magong)	像
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𫝛, macam
	Chaozhou	然
	Shantou	然
	Jieyang	然
	Puning	肖
	Singapore (Teochew)	然, macam
	Batam (Teochew)	然, macam
	Haikou	像
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	像
Wu	Danyang	像
	Ningbo	像, 像人家, 像家

Dialectal synonyms of 像 (“to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”) [map]

Compounds

• 不肖 (bùxiào)
• 不肖之徒
• 不肖子 (bùxiàozǐ)
• 不肖子孫／不肖子孙 (bùxiào zǐsūn)
• 努瓦克肖特 (Nǔwǎkèxiàotè)
• 十二生肖 (shí'èr shēngxiào)
• 吾宗肖 (Wúzōngxiào)
• 唯妙唯肖
• 摹肖
• 生肖
• 畢肖／毕肖 (bìxiào)
• 維妙維肖／维妙维肖 (wéimiàowéixiào)
• 肖似
• 肖像 (xiàoxiàng)
• 肖子 (xiàozǐ)
• 肖屬／肖属
• 肖翹／肖翘 (xiàoqiáo)
• 趙不肖／赵不肖
• 逼肖 (bīxiào)
• 酷肖

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肖
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ sjew ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ew/
English	disappear
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	肖
Reading #	1/2
No.	13754
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	宵
Old Chinese	/*slew/
Notes	見莊子史記

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slew/

Definitions

肖

1. (obsolete) to decline; to wane

Etymology 3

Second round simplified form of 蕭／萧 (xiāo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ / siou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu¹
    • Yale: sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /siau⁴⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
    • Tâi-lô: siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao¹ / siou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³/, /siou³³/

Note:

• siao1 - Shantou;
• siou1 - Chaozhou.

Definitions

肖

1. a surname

   肖戰／肖战  ―  Xiāo Zhàn  ―  Xiao Zhan

Usage notes

The surnames 肖 and 蕭／萧 (xiāo) were originally distinct, and 肖 was a rare surname. In Mainland China, 蕭／萧 was simplified to 肖 in the second round of Chinese character simplification promulgated in 1977. Though the second round of simplification was officially rescinded in 1986, many individuals in Mainland China originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo) but had their surname simplified to 肖 did not change their surname back to 蕭／萧 (Xiāo). Most individuals who bear the surname 肖 (Xiāo) now were in fact originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo) or descended from individuals originally surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 肖 – see 蕭. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蕭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 肖

肖

(Jōyō kanji)

1. resemble
2. imitate

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: にる (niru, 肖る)、かたどる (katadoru, 肖る)、あやかる (ayakaru, 肖る)
• Nanori: あえ (ae)、あゆ (ayu)、あれ (are)、すえ (sue)、たか (taka)、のり (nori)、ゆき (yuki)

Affix

Kanji in this term
肖
しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

肖(しょう) • (shō) 

1. image; likeness

References

1. “肖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

肖 • (cho, so) (hangeul 초, 소, revised cho, so, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, so, Yale cho, so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu, tiếu

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