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翹

翹

See also: 翘

Translingual

Han character

翹 (radical 124 羽+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土山尸一一 (GUSMM), four-corner 47212, composition ⿺堯羽)

  1. raise, arouse, expose
  2. long feather, bird’s tail
  3. outstanding, high dangerous

References

Chinese

trad. 翹
simp. 翘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撓 *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃 *rŋaːw
譊 *rŋaːw
橈 *rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽 *ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ
墝 *ŋ̥ʰreːw
穘 *hŋreːw
顤 *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒 *hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒 *ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯 *ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘 *ŋjew
襓 *ŋjew
繞 *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶 *ŋjewʔ
嬈 *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬 *ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews
蹺 *ŋ̥ʰew
翹 *ɡew, *ɡews
澆 *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍 *ŋkeːw
僥 *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯 *ŋeːw
垚 *ŋeːw
嶢 *ŋeːw
獟 *ŋeːws
膮 *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵 *hŋeːw
憢 *hŋeːw
曉 *hŋeːwʔ
皢 *hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡew, *ɡews) : phonetic 堯 ‎(OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 羽 ‎(“feather”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 翹 翹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 渠遙切 巨要切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡiᴇu/ /ɡiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiɛu/ /ɡiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡjæu/ /ɡjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /giaw/ /giawH/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiɛu/ /ɡiɛuH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭɛu/ /ɡĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ɛu/ /gi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiáo jiào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 翹 翹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qiáo qiáo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjiew › ‹ gjiew ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ew/ (failure to palatalize is unexplained) /*[ɡ]ew/ (failure to palatalize is unexplained)
English long tail-feather raise

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 翹 翹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14681 14682
Phonetic
component		 垚 垚
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 翹 翹
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡew/ /*ɡews/

Definitions

翹

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Compounds

  • qiáo
    • 翘楚
    • 翘盼
    • 翘企
    • 翘首
    • 翘望
    • 翘足
    • 翘足引领
  • qiào
    • 翘板, 翘翘板
    • 翘辫子
    • 翘尾巴

Japanese

Kanji

翹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

翹 • ‎(gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

翹 (kiều)

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