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硝

硝

Translingual

Han character

硝 (radical 112 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口火月 (MRFB), four-corner 19627)

  1. saltpeter, niter
  2. to tan

References

  • KangXi: page 830, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24201
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2433, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+785D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 硝

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 硝
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 相邀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /siaw/
Li
Rong		 /siɛu/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 硝
Reading # 1/1
No. 13742
Phonetic
component		 肖
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 宵
Old
Chinese		 /*sew/

Definitions

硝

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Japanese

Kanji

硝

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

硝 • ‎(cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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