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嬌
嬌
See also: 娇
Translingual
Han character
嬌 (radical 38 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女竹大月 (VHKB), four-corner 42427, composition ⿰女喬)
References
- KangXi: page 271, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6739
- Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1081, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5B0C
Chinese
| trad. | 嬌 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 娇 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嬌
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 驕 | *krew |
| 嬌 | *krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew |
| 憍 | *krew, *kʰrew |
| 穚 | *krew |
| 鷮 | *krew, *ɡrew |
| 蕎 | *krew, *ɡrew |
| 喬 | *krew, *ɡrew |
| 簥 | *krew |
| 撟 | *krew, *krewʔ |
| 矯 | *krewʔ |
| 鱎 | *krewʔ |
| 敽 | *krewʔ |
| 蟜 | *krewʔ, *ɡrew |
| 譑 | *krewʔ, *kʰews |
| 蹻 | *krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ |
| 繑 | *kʰew |
| 鞽 | *kʰrew |
| 趫 | *kʰrew, *ɡrew |
| 嘺 | *ɡew |
| 橋 | *ɡrew |
| 僑 | *ɡrew |
| 鐈 | *ɡrew |
| 毊 | *ɡrew, *qʰrew |
| 轎 | *ɡrew, *ɡrews |
| 嶠 | *ɡrews |
| 獢 | *qʰrew |
| 屩 | *kewɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: chiao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: giu1
- Yale: gīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: giu1
- IPA (key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiêu
- Hakka Romanization System: gieu´
- Hagfa Pinyim: gieu1
- IPA: /ki̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
- Tâi-lô: kiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiaʊ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬌 | 嬌 | 嬌 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 群 (30) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 宵 (92) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | Chongniu III | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 舉喬切 | 巨嬌切 | 居夭切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠiᴇu/ | /ɡˠiᴇu/ | /kˠiᴇuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚiɛu/ | /ɡᵚiɛu/ | /kᵚiɛuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiæu/ | /ɡiæu/ | /kiæuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kiaw/ | /giaw/ | /kiawX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kjɛu/ | /ɡjɛu/ | /kjɛuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭɛu/ | /ɡĭɛu/ | /kĭɛuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯ɛu/ | /gi̯ɛu/ | /ki̯ɛuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiāo | qiáo | jiǎo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬌 | 嬌 | 嬌 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 10327 | 10339 | 10359 |
| Phonetic component |
喬 | 喬 | 喬 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
驕 | 矯 | 喬 |
| Old Chinese |
/*krew/ | /*krewʔ/ | /*ɡrew/ |
Definitions
嬌
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嬌
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嬌 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嬌 (kiều)
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