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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(radical 64 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手尸竹口 (QSHR), four-corner 57062, composition)

  1. beckon, summon
  2. recruit, levy

References

  • KangXi: page 427, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11968
  • Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1860, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+62DB

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw, *moːɡ
*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
*taːwʔ, *taːws
*taːws
*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
*deːw
*rteːw, *teːw
*hreːw
*sdew, *tjewʔ
*tʰew
*tʰew, *tʰjew
*tʰew
*dews, *djews
*tjew
*tjew
*tjew
*tjewʔ
*tjews
*tjews
*tjews
*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
*tʰjewʔ
*djew
*djew, *djewʔ
*djew, *lew
*djew
*djew
*djewʔ
*djewʔ
*djewʔ
*djews
*djews
*djews
*teːw
*teːw, *deːw
*teːw
*teːw
*deːw
*deːw
*deːw
*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjew) : semantic  (hand) + phonetic  (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciaw/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛu/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2128
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjew/

Definitions

  1. to beckon
  2. to recruit
  3. classifier for moves or blows (especially in martial arts)

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. beckon

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(cho, gyo) (hangeul , , revised cho, gyo, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, kyo, Yale cho, kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(chiêu, cheo, gieo, treo, chạo, chắp, chiu, giẹo, reo)

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