Radical
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
11
Mandarin
sāo
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
11 strokes
Strokes
14 strokes
Mandarin
sāo

Definitions by reading

cao5
Mandarin equivalent sāo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng cao5 Chenghai cao5 Jieyang cao5 Raoping cao5 Shantou cao5
把蚕茧浸在滚水里抽丝:缫丝
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
心母 一等 開口 豪韵 平声 蘇遭切
Reconstruction:
Original

繹繭爲絲。

2
精母 一等 開口 豪韵 上声 子晧切
Reconstruction:
Original

雜五綵文。