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矯

矯

See also: 矫

Translingual

Han character

矯 (radical 111 矢+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹大月 (OKHKB), four-corner 82427, composition ⿰矢喬)

  1. correct, rectify, straighten out

References

  • KangXi: page 825, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24015
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2586, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+77EF

Chinese

trad. 矯
simp. 矫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矯
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Rime
Character 矯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居夭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kiawX/
Li
Rong		 /kjɛuX/
Wang
Li		 /kĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiǎo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 矯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjewX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k](r)[a]wʔ/
English falsify

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 矯
Reading # 1/1
No. 10335
Phonetic
component		 喬
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 矯
Old
Chinese		 /*krewʔ/

Definitions

矯

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Compounds

  • 企足矯首／企足矫首
  • 夭矯／夭矫
  • 夭矯離奇／夭矫离奇
  • 拿矯／拿矫
  • 曲心矯肚／曲心矫肚
  • 矯世／矫世
  • 矯世勵俗／矫世励俗
  • 矯世變俗／矫世变俗
  • 矯亢／矫亢
  • 矯俗／矫俗
  • 矯健／矫健
  • 矯制／矫制
  • 矯厲／矫厉
  • 矯命／矫命
  • 矯孑／矫孑
  • 矯情／矫情 (jiǎoqíng)
  • 矯情干譽／矫情干誉
  • 矯情立異／矫情立异
  • 矯情自飾／矫情自饰
  • 矯情鎮物／矫情镇物
  • 矯情飾行／矫情饰行
  • 矯情飾詐／矫情饰诈
  • 矯情飾貌／矫情饰貌
  • 矯捷／矫捷
  • 矯揉／矫揉
  • 矯揉造作／矫揉造作
  • 矯枉過正／矫枉过正
  • 矯枉過直／矫枉过直
  • 矯正／矫正 (jiǎozhèng)
  • 矯正處分／矫正处分
  • 矯治／矫治
  • 矯激奇詭／矫激奇诡
  • 矯矯／矫矫
  • 矯矯不群／矫矫不群
  • 矯若遊龍／矫若游龙
  • 矯若驚龍／矫若惊龙
  • 矯虔／矫虔
  • 矯言偽行／矫言伪行
  • 矯託／矫托
  • 矯詔／矫诏 (jiǎozhào)
  • 矯誕／矫诞
  • 矯誣／矫诬
  • 矯邪歸正／矫邪归正
  • 矯飾／矫饰
  • 矯飾偽行／矫饰伪行
  • 矯首／矫首
  • 身手矯捷／身手矫捷

References

Japanese

Kanji

矯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. rectify
  2. straighten
  3. correct
  4. reform
  5. cure
  6. control
  7. pretend
  8. falsify

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

矯 (kiểu, kẻo, kẽo, khéo, kéo, kĩu)

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