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僑
僑
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See also: 侨
Translingual
Han character
僑 (radical 9 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人竹大月 (OHKB), four-corner 22227, composition ⿰亻喬)
References
- KangXi: page 116, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1088
- Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 220, character 4
- Unihan data for U+50D1
Chinese
| trad. | 僑 | |
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| simp. | 侨 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 僑
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrew) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'iao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kiu4
- Yale: kìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kiu4
- IPA (key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâu
- Tâi-lô: kiâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiaʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiaʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaʊ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiaʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiaʊ²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 僑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 巨嬌切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡˠiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɡᵚiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɡiæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/giaw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɡjɛu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɡĭɛu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/gi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qiáo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 僑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10352 |
| Phonetic component |
喬 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
喬 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡrew/ |
Definitions
僑
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
僑
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
僑 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
僑 (kiều)
- (literary) a person who takes up residence in a foreign country