蕭

蕭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中難 (TLX), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹肅)

• 瀟 櫹 蠨

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32012
• Dae Jaweon: page 1522, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3308, character 12
• Unihan data for U+856D

蕭

1. (obsolete) Chinese mugwort (Artemisia argyi)

   • 彼采蕭兮，一日不見，如三秋兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彼采萧兮，一日不见，如三秋兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǐ cǎi xiāo xī, yīrì bù jiàn, rú sān qiū xī. [Pinyin]

     There he is gathering the oxtail-southern-wood!
     A day without seeing him,
     Is like three seasons!

2. stark; desolate; bleak
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of 肅／肃 (“respectful”)
4. (～國) (historical) Xiao (an ancient state during the Spring and Autumn period, located in modern-day Xiao County, Anhui)

   • 冬，楚子伐蕭，宋華椒以蔡人救蕭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     冬，楚子伐萧，宋华椒以蔡人救萧。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dōng, Chǔ zǐ fá Xiāo, Sòng Huà Jiāo yǐ Cài rén jiù Xiāo. [Pinyin]

     In winter the viscount of Chu invaded Xiao, which Hua Jiao of Song, with a body of men from Cai, endeavoured to relieve.

5. (～縣) Xiao County (a county of Anhui, China)
6. a surname

   蕭颯／萧飒  ―  Xiāo Sà  ―  Hsiao Sa (Taiwanese author)

The character 肖 is more commonly used in the simplified script instead of 萧, when used as a surname or in transcriptions.

• → English: Hsiao, Xiao, Siu

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䔥)

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• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: よもぎ (yomogi, 蕭)

蕭 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

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蕭: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu

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