撨

撨 U+64A8, 撨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A8 ← 撧 [U+64A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 撩 → [U+64A9]

Translingual

Han character

撨 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手人土火 (QOGF), composition ⿰扌焦)

Derived characters

• 𮒝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12736
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1960, character 6
• Unihan data for U+64A8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zew, *seːw) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		撨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: sew, dzjew

Rime
Character	撨	撨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇彫切	昨焦切
Baxter	sew	dzjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/	/d͡ziᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/	/d͡ziɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/	/d͡zjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/	/d͡ziaw/
Li Rong	/seu/	/d͡ziɛu/
Wang Li	/sieu/	/d͡zĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	ciu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːw/, /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撨	撨
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	6367	6362
Phonetic component	焦	焦
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭	樵
Old Chinese	/*seːw/	/*zew/

Definitions

撨

1. ^‡ to select

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		撨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo, xiào (xiao¹, xiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ, ㄒㄧㄠˋ

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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/
      
  • (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/

Definitions

撨

1. ^‡ to wipe

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		撨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sou
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

撨

1. ^‡ to push

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		撨
alternative forms		喬／乔 移 超 Hokkien 僑／侨 Hokkien 橋／桥 Hokkien 喬／乔 移 超 Hokkien 僑／侨 Hokkien 橋／桥 Hokkien 撟／挢 Hokkien 蹺／跷 Hokkien 瞧 Hokkien 摷 Teochew

Probably a causative aspiration of 齊／齐 (chiâu, châu, “uniform; regular”) (Ong, 2023).

Alternatively, it may be from 調 (OC *dɯːw, “harmonious; to adjust”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiâu / chhâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): qiao⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Yilan, Singapore): /t͡sʰiau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Philippines): /t͡sʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: qiao⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiau²²/

Definitions

撨

1. (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) to adjust; to move (i.e. furniture or heavy objects)
2. (Hokkien) to move (a sprained bone, etc.) back to its original position
3. (Hokkien) to negotiate; to discuss; to adjust one's opinion to reach consensus
4. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to transfer; to give

Compounds

• 推撨
• 撨交椅
• 撨價／撨价
• 撨價數／撨价数
• 撨價錢／撨价钱
• 撨徙
• 撨摵
• 撨撥／撨拨
• 撨時鐘／撨时钟
• 撨骨

 

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)
• “Entry #11132”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 劉建仁 (2011 January 15) “喬（ts‘iauˊ）──協調”, in 台灣話的語源與理據 (in Chinese), retrieved 2020-05-12

Japanese

Kanji

撨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}、じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}