糟糠

Chinese

		alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed	husk
trad. (糟糠)		糟	糠
simp. ^#(糟糠)		糟	糠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāokāng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠㄎㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ hong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāokāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠㄎㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaokang
  - Wade–Giles: tsao¹-kʻang¹
  - Yale: dzāu-kāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaukang
  - Palladius: цзаокан (czaokan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou¹ hong¹
  - Yale: jōu hōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ hong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou¹ hong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsaw khang

Rime
Character	糟	糠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	作曹切	苦岡切
Baxter	tsaw	khang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑu/	/kʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑu/	/kʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑu/	/kʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saw/	/kʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑu/	/kʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑu/	/kʰɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑu/	/kʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zāo	kāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou¹	hong¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsluː kʰlaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	糟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zāo
Middle Chinese	‹ tsaw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁu/
English	dregs
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	糟	糠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1150	3983
Phonetic component	曹	庚
Rime group	幽	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	糟	康
Old Chinese	/*ʔsluː/	/*kʰlaːŋ/
Notes		俗同穅

Noun

糟糠

distiller's grains and grain husk; chaff and bran; foodstuffs for the poor; frugal meals
(figurative) short for 糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī, “wife who has shared her husband's hard lot”)

Derived terms

不棄糟糠 / 不弃糟糠 (bùqìzāokāng)
糟糠不厭 / 糟糠不厌
糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī)
糟糠之妻不下堂 (zāokāng zhī qī bù xiàtáng)
糟糠妻
貧賤糟糠 / 贫贱糟糠
飢者甘糟糠 / 饥者甘糟糠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糟	糠
そう Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーこー [sòókóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

糟(そう)糠(こう) • (sōkō) ^{←さうかう (saukau)^?}

(literally) sake lees and rice bran
something worthless

Derived terms

糟(そう)糠(こう)汁(じる) (sōkōjiru)
糟(そう)糠(こう)の妻(つま) (sōkō no tsuma)
- 糟(そう)糠(こう)の妻(つま)は堂(どう)より下(くだ)さず (sōkō no tsuma wa dō yori kudasazu)

Related terms

糟(かす) (kasu), 糠(ぬか) (nuka)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
糟	糠

Noun

糟糠 • (jogang) (hangeul 조강)

hanja form^? of 조강