巢

See also: 巣

巢	U+5DE2, 巢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE2

← 巡
[U+5DE1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

巣 →
[U+5DE3]

巢	U+2F882, 巢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F882

← 巡
[U+2F881]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

㠯 →
[U+2F883]

Translingual

Han character

巢 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女女田木 (VVWD), four-corner 3290₄, composition ⿱巛果)

Derived characters

㑿摷樔漅㺐璅繅(缫) 䜈轈(𬨓) 鏁(𬭲) 隟䲃䟁剿勦鄛窼罺𠻥𡏮𡡊𣩓𤍒𥊌𥕘𦗔𦟳𧑀𧷣𨄓𨢪𩍀𩏙𩪑𬷰𪍨𣝞𤑗𧈈𠞰𭛘𩫥𪅕𢀊𧈊𢀋𢀌𧘀𭔐𡻝𥲀𮊗𦸛

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 324, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
Dae Jaweon: page 625, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1098, character 9
Unihan data for U+5DE2

Unihan data for U+2F882

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
璅	*ʔslaːwʔ
繅	ʔslaːwʔ, slaːw
薻	*ʔslaːwʔ
罺	ʔsraːw, sʰraːws
摷	ʔsraːw, raːw
勦	sʰraːw, zraːw, *ʔslawʔ
巢	zraːw, zraːws
轈	*zraːw
樔	*zraːw
鄛	*zraːw
剿	*ʔslawʔ
漅	*ʔslawʔ

Pictogram (象形) : a baby bird (巛) in a nest (田), which is on top of a tree (木).^[1]

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		巢
alternative forms		巣

Wikipedia has articles on:

巢 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Nest (English)

Wikipedia has an article on:

巢姓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháo (chao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): châu

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao²
  - Yale: cháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
  - Palladius: чао (čao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caau⁴
  - Yale: chàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàu
  - Hakka Romanization System: sau^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sau²
  - Sinological IPA: /sau̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châu
  - Tâi-lô: tsâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zau
  - MiniDict: zau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: dzraew, dzraewH

Rime
Character	巢	巢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	鉏交切	士稍切
Baxter	dzraew	dzraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠau/	/d͡ʒˠau^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚau/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚau^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒau^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨw/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨw^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒau^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒau/	/d͡ʒau^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱau/	/ɖ͡ʐʱau^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháo	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caau⁴	zaau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤraw/

(Zhengzhang): /*zraːw/, /*zraːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháo
Middle Chinese	‹ dzræw ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁraw/
English	nest
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	巢	巢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1295	1300
Phonetic component	巢	巢
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	巢	巢
Old Chinese	/*zraːw/	/*zraːws/
Notes		士原誤爲七依校本

Definitions

巢

nest (for bird, ants, bees, etc.)
Synonym: 窩／窝 (wō)
lair; den
(historical) name of an ancient musical instrument
(historical) name of an ancient feudal state
a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		巢
alternative forms		𥊌巣皺／皱鈔／钞䩌

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps related to 皺／皱 (zhòu).”

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cau³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caau⁴
  - Yale: chàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²²/

Definitions

巢 (Cantonese)

wrinkled; wrinkly
巢皮 [Cantonese] ― caau⁴ pei⁴ [Jyutping] ― wrinkly skin

張紙好巢／张纸好巢 [Cantonese] ― zoeng¹ zi² hou² caau⁴ [Jyutping] ― The paper is very crumpled.

張銀紙巢晒／张银纸巢晒 [Cantonese] ― zoeng¹ ngan⁴ zi² caau⁴ saai³ [Jyutping] ― The banknote is completely crumpled.

Synonyms

皺／皱 (zhòu)

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		巢

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū
  - Tâi-lô: siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³/

Definitions

巢

(Hokkien) Alternative form of 岫 (siū, “nest, den or lair of animals”)
- 2017, 陳百潭 [Paitan Chen] (lyrics and music), “情難了”‎^[1]performed by 陳百潭 [Paitan Chen] and 陳凱欣:
  
  留著空巢乎我做孤鳥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  留着空巢乎我做孤鸟 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  lâu-tio̍h khang-siū hō͘ góa chòe ko͘-chiáu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

^ Chinese-Japanese character dictionary: OK辞典

Japanese

Shinjitai	巣
Kyūjitai	巢

Kanji

巢

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巣)

nest
living quarter in tree

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: す (su, 巢)、すくう (sukuu, 巢くう)

Korean

Hanja

巢 • (so) (hangeul 소, McCune–Reischauer so)

nest
living quarter in tree