Translingual

Han character

鞘 (radical 177 革+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿十火月 (TJFB), four-corner 4952₇, composition ⿰革肖)

1. scabbard, sheath

References

• KangXi: page 1388, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42850
• Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4336, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9798

Cantonese

Hanzi

鞘 ‎(Jyutping ciu3, saau1, Yale chiu3, saau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō)
• Kan’on: そう (sō)
• Kun: さや (saya)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) さ​や [sáꜜyà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ja̠]

Noun

鞘 ‎(hiragana さや, romaji saya)

1. sheath
2. case
3. margin

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鞘 ‎(Pinyin qiào (qiao4), Wade-Giles ch'iao⁴)

1. scabbard, sheath

Compounds

• 刀鞘