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佻

佻

佻 U+4F7B, 佻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7B
← 佺
[U+4F7A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佼 →
[U+4F7C]

Translingual

Han character

佻 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人中一人 (OLMO), four-corner 22213, composition ⿰亻兆)

  1. frivolous
  2. unsteady
  3. delay
  4. to delay

References

  • KangXi: page 100, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 569
  • Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 150, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4F7B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 佻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佻
Small seal script
Small seal script

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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
挑 *l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ
洮 *l̥ʰaːw, *l'aːw, *lew
桃 *l'aːw
逃 *l'aːw
咷 *l'aːw, *l̥ʰeːws
鼗 *l'aːw
鞉 *l'aːw
駣 *l'aːw, *l'aːwʔ, *l'aːws, *l'ewʔ
𣂁 *sl̥ʰew
脁 *l̥ʰews
晁 *l'ew
兆 *l'ewʔ
旐 *l'ewʔ
狣 *l'ewʔ
鮡 *l'ewʔ, *l'eːw
垗 *l'ewʔ
姚 *lew
珧 *lew
銚 *lew, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws
恌 *lew, *l̥ʰeːw
烑 *lew
餆 *lew
筄 *lews
艞 *lews
佻 *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːw
祧 *l̥ʰeːw
朓 *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːwʔ
庣 *l̥ʰeːw
趒 *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
聎 *l̥ʰeːw
眺 *l̥ʰeːws
覜 *l̥ʰeːws
頫 *l̥ʰeːws, *poʔ
絩 *l̥ʰeːws
跳 *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
窕 *l'eːwʔ
誂 *l'eːwʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 佻 佻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 吐彫切 徒聊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰeu/ /deu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰeu/ /deu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰeu/ /deu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰɛw/ /dɛw/
Li
Rong		 /tʰeu/ /deu/
Wang
Li		 /tʰieu/ /dieu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰieu/ /dʱieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tiāo tiáo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佻 佻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16872 16889
Phonetic
component		 兆 兆
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 祧 迢
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ʰeːw/ /*l'eːw/

Definitions

佻

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Compounds

  • 佻㒓／佻𠉂
  • 佻佻
  • 佻巧
  • 佻脫／佻脱
  • 佻薄
  • 佻達／佻达

References

Japanese

Kanji

佻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

佻 • ‎(jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佻 (điêu, đào , diêu)

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References

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