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佼

佼

佼 U+4F7C, 佼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7C
← 佻
[U+4F7B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佽 →
[U+4F7D]

Translingual

Han character

佼 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜金大 (OYCK), four-corner 20248, composition ⿰亻交)

  1. beautiful, handsome, good-looking

References

  • KangXi: page 101, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 570
  • Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 152, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4F7C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 佼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佼
Large seal script

L34858

L16633

L16634
Small seal script

s05663
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 (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烄 *keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮 *pʰreːws
交 *kreːw
郊 *kreːw
茭 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟 *kreːw
鮫 *kreːw
鵁 *kreːw
咬 *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨 *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞 *kreːwʔ
狡 *kreːwʔ
姣 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校 *kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓 *kreːws
跤 *kʰreːw
頝 *kʰreːw
骹 *kʰraːw
齩 *ŋɡreːwʔ
洨 *ɡreːw
胶 *ɡreːw
效 *ɡreːws
効 *ɡreːws
傚 *ɡreːws
皎 *keːwʔ
恔 *keːwʔ
晈 *keːwʔ
窔 *qeːws
駮 *pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 佼 佼 佼
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 匣 (33) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) II II II
Fanqie 古肴切 下巧切 古巧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠau/ /ɦˠauX/ /kˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚau/ /ɦᵚauX/ /kᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kau/ /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨw/ /ɦaɨwX/ /kaɨwX/
Li
Rong		 /kau/ /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Wang
Li		 /kau/ /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kau/ /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiāo xiào jiǎo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佼 佼 佼
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 6304 6310 6327
Phonetic
component		 交 交 交
Rime
group		 宵 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 交 絞 澩
Old
Chinese		 /*kreːw/ /*kreːwʔ/ /*ɡreːwʔ/

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佼

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Japanese

Kanji

佼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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