Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 438

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 皂

MC description : 效開一上皓從

ZIHUI: 4103 1337

Beijing: cau 3

Jinan: cɔ 3

Xi'an: cau 3

Taiyuan: cau 3

Hankou: cau 3

Chengdu: cau 3

Yangzhou: cɔ 3

Suzhou: zä 32

Wenzhou: zз 22

Changsha: cau 31

Shuangfeng: ʒǝ 32

Nanchang: chau 32

Meixian: chau 3

Guangzhou: čou 32

Xiamen: co 32

Chaozhou: cau 22

Fuzhou: cɔ 32

Shanghai: zɔ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: cau 3

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Chinese characters :

Character: 皂

Modern (Beijing) reading: zào

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ū́

Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)ǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)ǝ̄́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ǝ̄́w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ā́w

Middle Chinese: ʒấw

English meaning : soft, not ripe

Russian meaning[s]: 1) мыло; 2) кормушка для лошадей; 3) низшие служащие (учреждения); древн. раб; 4) черный

Comments: Original meaning is 'acorn, black-dyeing fruit' (attested during LZ); during LZ used also for homonymous *ʒ(h)ūʔ 'menial; stable; 12 horses'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 106

Four-angle index: 7191

Karlgren code: 1054 a-b

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