紹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 绍
Variants: 佋

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shào, chāo
Cantonese: siu6
JapaneseKun: TSUGU
JapaneseOn: SHOU JOU
Korean: SO
Vietnamese: thiệu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: continue, carry on; hand down; to join

CE-Dict: to continue/to carry on

Soothill: To continue, hand down.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to bring together
2.to continue

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》紹繼也。从糸召聲。一曰紹，緊糾也。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】紹
〔古文〕綤【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤市沼切，音佋。【說文】繼也。一曰紹，緊糾也。【書·盤庚】紹復先王之大業。【詩·大雅】弗念厥紹。【禮·樂記】韶繼也。【註】舜樂名也。言舜能繼紹堯之德。　又【禮·聘儀】介紹而傳命。又士爲紹𢷤。【疏】謂繼續承𢷤。【戰國策】請爲紹介。【註】相佐助也。　又姓。【廣韻】出《姓苑》。　又【集韻】蚩招切，音弨。緩也。引《詩》：匪紹匪游。鄭康成讀。
考證：〔【禮·樂記】紹者，繼也〕　謹照原文改韶繼也。

CF-Dict: continuer/(abréviation de la ville de Shaoxing)/(nom de famille)

Han-De-Dict: fortsetzen, weiterführen (u.E.)